A Case Report of the Pulmonary Cryptococcosis Associated with Hilar Lymphadenopathy

Sim, Sang Beom; Jeon, Young Bin; Kim, Jong Ho; Kim, Dong Soon; Lee, Nam Soo; Sohn, Kwang Hyun; Kim, Seong Sook; Jo, Hae Je; Ko, Il Hyang

doi:1984.31.4.197

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 31(4); 1984 > Article

Case report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1984;31(4):197-201.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1984.31.4.197 Published online December 1, 1984.

A Case Report of the Pulmonary Cryptococcosis Associated with Hilar Lymphadenopathy

Sang Beom Sim¹, Young Bin Jeon¹, Jong Ho Kim¹, Dong Soon Kim¹, Nam Soo Lee², Kwang Hyun Sohn², Seong Sook Kim³, Hae Je Jo³, Il Hyang Ko³

¹Department of Internal Medicine, Inje Medical College, Paik HosPital, Seoul, Korea
²Department of Chest Surgery, Inje Medical College, Paik HosPital, Seoul, Korea
³Department of Pathology, Inje Medical College, Paik HosPital, Seoul, Korea

폐문부 림파절비대를 동반한 폐장 Cryptococcus증 1예

심상범¹, 전영빈¹, 김종호¹, 김동순¹, 이남수², 손광현², 김성숙³, 조혜제³, 고일향³

Abstract

Cryptococcosis is a noncontagious, often opportunistic mycosis in volving lung, meninges, skin and bone. We nave experienced one case of pulmonary cryptococcosis without evidence of involving other organ. Patient was a 59 years old diabetic woman presented with 2 months duration of anterior chest pain and mass lesion on chest X-ray. Cryptococcus was found at the tissue obtained from thoracotomy and combined therapy with amphotericin B and 5-flucytosine was given.