Abstract
North American blastomycosis is a multisystem disease, primarily affecting the lungs and skin. The skeleton is affected in approximately 50% of cases. Bone symptoms as the primary clinical complaint are exceedingly rare. Two such cases are presented together with a brief discussion of this rare disease.
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Joyce, P.F., Sundaram, M., Burdge, R.E. et al. A rare clinical presentation of blastomycosis. Skeletal Radiol. 2, 239–242 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00347400
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