Research Article
The Use of Endobronchial Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Subacute Pulmonary Histoplasmosis
Table 1
Patient demographics and clinical features.
| Case number | Age | Sex | Smoking Hx | Probable exposure to Histoplasma capsulatum | Clinical symptoms | Symptom duration | Radiographic findings |
| 1 | 26 | Male | None | Significant | Low grade fevers, cough, weight loss | 4 months | Bilateral hilar and mediastinal adenopathy |
| 2 | 30 | Male | 10 ppy | Minimal | fatigue | 3 months | Right hilar adenopathy |
| 3 | 50 | Male | None | Minimal | Fevers, night sweats, cough, weight loss | 1 year | Mediastinal and hilar adenopathy, small bilateral pulmonary nodules |
| 4 | 34 | Female | None | Minimal | Fevers, malaise, night sweats | 9 months | Mediastinal and hilar adenopathy, small bilateral pulmonary nodules |
| 5 | 57 | Female | 5 ppy | Minimal | Cough, fevers | 8 months | Mediastinal adenopathy, small bilateral pulmonary nodules |
| 6 | 36 | Male | 20 ppy | Minimal | Recurrent hemoptysis | 3 months | Mediastinal and hilar adenopathy |
| 7 | 29 | Male | None | Minimal | Cough, fevers, fatigue | 5 months | Left hilar adenopathy |
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