Incidental Cryptococcal lung mass in an immunocompetent patient.
Citation: Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives. 9(5):450-452, 2019.PMID: 31723397Institution: Medstar Harbor HospitalDepartment: Department of Internal Medicine | Department of RadiologyForm of publication: Journal ArticleMedline article type(s): Journal ArticleSubject headings: IN PROCESS -- NOT YET INDEXEDYear: 2019ISSN:- 2000-9666
- Lu, Michael:
- https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8385-5551
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Cryptococcus is an encapsulated fungal organism often implicated in central nervous system and pulmonary disease in patients with AIDS or other immunocompromising diseases. However, immunocompetent hosts can also be infected. In these cases, symptoms are generally mild and common radiographic findings include small, well-defined, smoothly marginated pulmonary nodules. We present a case of a 31-year-old man without any immunocompromising factors found to have pulmonary Cryptococcal infection presenting as a large lung mass. Copyright (c) 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group on behalf of Greater Baltimore Medical Center.
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