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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery - British Volume, Vol 85-B, Issue 5, 732-733.
doi: 10.1302/0301-620X.85B5.13862  
Copyright © 2003 by British Editorial Society of Bone and Joint Surgery
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HISTOPLASMOSIS AS THE CAUSE OF A PATHOLOGICAL FRACTURE

N. A. Quraishi, MRCS, Specialist Registrar1; R. N. Davidson, MD, Consultant Physician2; N. Steele, FRCS, Specialist Registrar1; and F. Grand, MD, Consultant in Orthopaedic Surgery1

1 Department of Orthopaedics
2 Department of Infection and Tropical Medicine, Northwick Park Hospital, Watford Road, Harrow, Middlesex HA1 3UJ, UK.

Correspondence should be sent to Mr N. A. Quraishi at the Department of Orthopaedics, Ipswich General Hospital, Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk IP4 9PD, UK.

We report the case of an 82-year-old man with a pathological fracture of the hip caused by infection with Histoplasma capsulatum var capsulatum. He was treated by a hemiarthroplasty and with oral itraconazole.






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