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DiscussionAnyone out there diagnosed with disseminated histoplasmosis?
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I have stage IV breast cancer, and this last pet scan they saw something new in my lungs. They thought it was more metastasis, but instead it is histoplasmosis. I was started in Intraconazole, and my Ibrance (cancer drug) was reduced. My resilience is slipping with both drugs and I have to extend without the cancer drug for an extra week as my WBC and neutrophil levels are too low. I think they hope I can stay on for 90 days (I'm at 46 right now) and then they will shift to something easier. I have a pet scan after roughly 90 days, but my concern is that for future PET scans, how will they know if it is cancerous or histo?