PRIMARY BLASTOMYCOSIS OF THE TONGUE
- 1 August 1930
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
- Vol. 12 (2) , 184-189
- https://doi.org/10.1001/archotol.1930.03570010212006
Abstract
Primary blastomycosis, without evidence of cutaneous or systemic involvement, is rare. Blastomycosis of the tongue is unusual; it may occur as a primary condition or as part of a general systemic infection. Reported herein is a case of primary blastomycosis of the tongue. Only four cases of blastomycosis of the tongue have been reported in the literature. Ravogli,1Hoffmann,2and Copelli3each reported a case, in all of which, besides the lesion of the tongue, there was blastomycosis elsewhere in the body. The fourth case, reported by New4in 1917, was apparently a primary lesion, but the patient died thirty-one months after the onset of symptoms. Five cases of primary blastomycosis of the larynx have been reported, two of which were reported by New in 1928.5A few other isolated cases of the lesion have been noted. Brewer and Wood6described blastomycosis of theKeywords
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