Massive mediastinal cryptococcosis in a young immunocompetent patient

Shotaro Okachi; Keiko Wakahara; Daizo Kato; Takashi Umeyama; Tetsuya Yagi; Yoshinori Hasegawa

doi:10.1002/rcr2.111

Massive mediastinal cryptococcosis in a young immunocompetent patient

Shotaro Okachi, Keiko Wakahara, Daizo Kato, Takashi Umeyama, Tetsuya Yagi, Yoshinori Hasegawa

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Pulmonary cryptococcosis with lymph node involvement is relatively rare in immunocompetent patients. We report a case of pulmonary cryptococcosis with massive mediastinal lymphadenopathy in an immunocompetent young patient. In this report, a 17-year-old boy presented with high-grade fever and persistent cough. Chest X-ray and computed tomography showed massive mediastinal lym-phadenopathy. Endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration revealed histological evidence of cryptococcal lymphadenitis. He was treated with liposomal amphotericin B plus flucytosine followed by fluconazole and recovered.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	95-98
Number of pages	4
Journal	Respirology Case Reports
Volume	3
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.111
Publication status	Published - 09-2015
Externally published	Yes

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Massive mediastinal cryptococcosis in a young immunocompetent patient

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