Pulmonary cryptococcosis manifesting as diffuse air-space consolidations in an immunocompetent patient
- Authors
- Choi, Hye Won; Chong, Semin; Kim, Mi Kyung; Park, In Won
- Issue Date
- Feb-2017
- Publisher
- PIONEER BIOSCIENCE PUBL CO
- Keywords
- Cryptococcosis; immunocompetence; computed tomography (CT); X-ray
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF THORACIC DISEASE, v.9, no.2, pp E138 - E141
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF THORACIC DISEASE
- Volume
- 9
- Number
- 2
- Start Page
- E138
- End Page
- E141
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/4849
- DOI
- 10.21037/jtd.2017.02.11
- ISSN
- 2072-1439
2077-6624
- Abstract
- Pulmonary cryptococcosis is an opportunity infection commonly occurred in the immunocompromised patients. However pulmonary cryptococcosis in the immunocompetent was reported up to 35% and these cases tend to show confined and localized radiologic findings than in immunocompromised patients. To our knowledge, extensive air-space consolidations have not frequently occurred in the immunocompetent patient. Therefore, in this case, we report a rare case of a 73-year-old woman who was diagnosed with pulmonary cryptococcosis, manifesting as diffuse air-space consolidations even though normal immune status. Thus, the possibility of pulmonary cryptococcosis should be considered when a patient with a normal immune status presents without respiratory symptoms are accompanied by consolidation on imaging.
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