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[Tumor simulating primary pulmonary cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient. A contribution to differential
M J Amthor1, S Bontikous, G Pasterkamp
1Pathologisches Institut, Diakoniekrankenhaus Rotenburg, Wümme.
Pneumologie (Stuttgart, Germany)
|March 25, 2000
Abstract:
Case report of a primary cryptococcosis of the lung in a 78-year old non-immunocompromised female. The patient presented with a mass in the right upper lobe, highly suspicious of lung cancer. Cryptococcus finally was detected on repeated biopsies from ulcerated and necrotic bronchial mucosa. A clinical work-up showed no evidence of dissemination and no signs of immunoinsufficiency. Mass reduction in the lung was achieved under therapy with fluconazol.