Acute Peritoneal Histoplasmosis Mimicking Ovarian Cancer and Review of the Literature on Histoplasma Peritonitis

Ariel D Szvalb; Eduardo Yepez Guevara; Elizabeth Euscher; Karen A Nahmod; Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis

doi:10.1093/ofid/ofac705

Acute Peritoneal Histoplasmosis Mimicking Ovarian Cancer and Review of the Literature on Histoplasma Peritonitis

Open Forum Infect Dis. 2023 Jan 10;10(1):ofac705. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofac705. eCollection 2023 Jan.

Authors

Ariel D Szvalb¹, Eduardo Yepez Guevara¹, Elizabeth Euscher², Karen A Nahmod², Dimitrios P Kontoyiannis¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Infection Control and Employee Health, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.
² Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA.

Abstract

Peritoneal histoplasmosis is a rare entity with few cases reported in the literature. We present a case of isolated acute peritoneal histoplasmosis that mimicked an advanced ovarian malignancy in a patient undergoing antitumor necrosis factor therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. We also reviewed the literature on Histoplasma peritonitis.

Keywords: cancer; fungal; histoplasma; mimicking; peritonitis.

Grants and funding

P30 CA016672/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States