Pulmonary Cryptococcosis With Rapid Growth on Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography

ABSTRACT A 64‐year‐old woman with rheumatoid arthritis and asthma developed a rapid growth and uptake of 18F‐fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)‐avid lung nodule. Despite suspicion of malignancy, the biopsy confirmed pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC). Regardless of FDG uptake, PC should be considered in the differ...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published inRespirology case reports Vol. 13; no. 8
Main Authors Fukuda, Yosuke, Oda, Naruhito, Sagara, Hironori, Tanaka, Akihiko
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 21.08.2025
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Subjects
Clinical Image
Consent
immunosuppression
positron emission tomography/computed tomography
pulmonary cryptococcosis
rheumatoid arthritis
TNF inhibitors
Tomography
Online AccessGet full text

Cover

Abstract ABSTRACT A 64‐year‐old woman with rheumatoid arthritis and asthma developed a rapid growth and uptake of 18F‐fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)‐avid lung nodule. Despite suspicion of malignancy, the biopsy confirmed pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC). Regardless of FDG uptake, PC should be considered in the differential diagnosis. A 64‐year‐old woman with rheumatoid arthritis and asthma developed a rapid growth and uptake of 18F‐fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)‐avid lung nodule. The biopsy confirmed pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC). Regardless of FDG uptake, PC should be considered in the differential diagnosis.
AbstractList ABSTRACT A 64‐year‐old woman with rheumatoid arthritis and asthma developed a rapid growth and uptake of 18F‐fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)‐avid lung nodule. Despite suspicion of malignancy, the biopsy confirmed pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC). Regardless of FDG uptake, PC should be considered in the differential diagnosis.
ABSTRACT A 64‐year‐old woman with rheumatoid arthritis and asthma developed a rapid growth and uptake of 18F‐fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)‐avid lung nodule. Despite suspicion of malignancy, the biopsy confirmed pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC). Regardless of FDG uptake, PC should be considered in the differential diagnosis. A 64‐year‐old woman with rheumatoid arthritis and asthma developed a rapid growth and uptake of 18F‐fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)‐avid lung nodule. The biopsy confirmed pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC). Regardless of FDG uptake, PC should be considered in the differential diagnosis.
A 64‐year‐old woman with rheumatoid arthritis and asthma developed a rapid growth and uptake of 18 F‐fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)‐avid lung nodule. Despite suspicion of malignancy, the biopsy confirmed pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC). Regardless of FDG uptake, PC should be considered in the differential diagnosis.
A 64‐year‐old woman with rheumatoid arthritis and asthma developed a rapid growth and uptake of 18 F‐fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)‐avid lung nodule. Despite suspicion of malignancy, the biopsy confirmed pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC). Regardless of FDG uptake, PC should be considered in the differential diagnosis. A 64‐year‐old woman with rheumatoid arthritis and asthma developed a rapid growth and uptake of 18F‐fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)‐avid lung nodule. The biopsy confirmed pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC). Regardless of FDG uptake, PC should be considered in the differential diagnosis.
Author Oda, Naruhito
Sagara, Hironori
Fukuda, Yosuke
Tanaka, Akihiko
AuthorAffiliation 1 Department of Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine Yamanashi Red Cross Hospital Fujikawaguchiko‐machi Yamanashi Japan
2 Department of Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology Showa Medical University School of Medicine Shinagawa‐ku Tokyo Japan
AuthorAffiliation_xml – name: 2 Department of Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine and Allergology Showa Medical University School of Medicine Shinagawa‐ku Tokyo Japan
– name: 1 Department of Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine Yamanashi Red Cross Hospital Fujikawaguchiko‐machi Yamanashi Japan
Author_xml – sequence: 1
  givenname: Yosuke
  orcidid: 0000-0002-7087-1595
  surname: Fukuda
  fullname: Fukuda, Yosuke
  email: yosukefukuda.showa@gmail.com
  organization: Showa Medical University School of Medicine
– sequence: 2
  givenname: Naruhito
  surname: Oda
  fullname: Oda, Naruhito
  organization: Yamanashi Red Cross Hospital
– sequence: 3
  givenname: Hironori
  surname: Sagara
  fullname: Sagara, Hironori
  organization: Showa Medical University School of Medicine
– sequence: 4
  givenname: Akihiko
  surname: Tanaka
  fullname: Tanaka, Akihiko
  organization: Showa Medical University School of Medicine
BookMark eNp9kVFLwzAUhYMoOOde_AUF34RtN0lr2yeRMqcwcIyJb4Y0TbeMtqlJ6-i_N7ND5otPObn3y7k3nCt0XulKInSDYYIByNQIQyYhUELO0IBAgMeURnB-oi_RyNodAGDsShgP0MeyLUpdcdN5ienqRgsthLbKeu-q2XorXqvMmxu9dxddeUvXaowTs1JZq5xY61JvDK-33TTRZd02MjupXaOLnBdWjo7nEL09zdbJ83jxOn9JHhdjQe59Mk5lloWxn0MURWkuAik4ZD7kURzmMfWDFCgOOEllmnM_DyUVKWSYBBBnPAxoTIfoofet27SUmZBVY3jBaqNK9zWmuWJ_O5Xaso3-YpjQEHw_cA63RwejP1tpG7bTranc0owSB-AgAnDUXU8Jo601Mv8dgYEdQmCHENhPCA7GPbxXhez-IdkqWZH-zTeKVY2r
Cites_doi 10.1016/j.ejrad.2017.02.008
10.1378/chest.124.6.2395
ContentType Journal Article
Copyright 2025 The Author(s). published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The Asian Pacific Society of Respirology.
2025. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the "License"). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.
Copyright_xml – notice: 2025 The Author(s). published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The Asian Pacific Society of Respirology.
– notice: 2025. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the "License"). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.
DBID 24P
AAYXX
CITATION
3V.
7X7
7XB
8FI
8FJ
8FK
ABUWG
AFKRA
AZQEC
BENPR
CCPQU
DWQXO
FYUFA
GHDGH
K9.
M0S
PHGZM
PHGZT
PIMPY
PKEHL
PQEST
PQQKQ
PQUKI
5PM
DOI 10.1002/rcr2.70322
DatabaseName Wiley Online Library Open Access
CrossRef
ProQuest Central (Corporate)
Health & Medical Collection (ProQuest)
ProQuest Central (purchase pre-March 2016)
Hospital Premium Collection
Hospital Premium Collection (Alumni Edition)
ProQuest Central (Alumni) (purchase pre-March 2016)
ProQuest Central (Alumni)
ProQuest Central UK/Ireland
ProQuest Central Essentials
ProQuest Central Database Suite (ProQuest)
ProQuest One Community College
ProQuest Central
Health Research Premium Collection
Health Research Premium Collection (Alumni)
ProQuest Health & Medical Complete (Alumni)
ProQuest Health & Medical Collection
ProQuest Central Premium
ProQuest One Academic (New)
Publicly Available Content Database
ProQuest One Academic Middle East (New)
ProQuest One Academic Eastern Edition (DO NOT USE)
ProQuest One Academic
ProQuest One Academic UKI Edition
PubMed Central (Full Participant titles)
DatabaseTitle CrossRef
Publicly Available Content Database
ProQuest One Academic Middle East (New)
ProQuest Central Essentials
ProQuest One Academic Eastern Edition
ProQuest Health & Medical Complete (Alumni)
ProQuest Central (Alumni Edition)
ProQuest One Community College
ProQuest Hospital Collection
Health Research Premium Collection (Alumni)
ProQuest Hospital Collection (Alumni)
ProQuest Central
ProQuest Health & Medical Complete
Health Research Premium Collection
ProQuest One Academic UKI Edition
Health and Medicine Complete (Alumni Edition)
ProQuest Central Korea
ProQuest Central (New)
ProQuest One Academic
ProQuest One Academic (New)
ProQuest Central (Alumni)
DatabaseTitleList Publicly Available Content Database

CrossRef
Database_xml – sequence: 1
  dbid: 24P
  name: Wiley Online Library Open Access
  url: https://authorservices.wiley.com/open-science/open-access/browse-journals.html
  sourceTypes: Publisher
– sequence: 2
  dbid: 7X7
  name: Health & Medical Collection
  url: https://search.proquest.com/healthcomplete
  sourceTypes: Aggregation Database
DeliveryMethod fulltext_linktorsrc
Discipline Medicine
EISSN 2051-3380
EndPage n/a
ExternalDocumentID PMC12370445
10_1002_rcr2_70322
RCR270322
Genre caseStudy
GroupedDBID 0R~
1OC
24P
5VS
7X7
8-1
8FI
8FJ
AAFWJ
AAMMB
AAZKR
ABDBF
ABUWG
ACCMX
ACUHS
ACXQS
ADBBV
ADKYN
ADRAZ
ADZMN
AEFGJ
AFKRA
AFPKN
AGXDD
AIDQK
AIDYY
ALAGY
ALMA_UNASSIGNED_HOLDINGS
ALUQN
AOIJS
AVUZU
BAWUL
BCNDV
BENPR
BPHCQ
BVXVI
CCPQU
DIK
EBS
EJD
FYUFA
GODZA
GROUPED_DOAJ
HMCUK
HYE
HZ~
IAO
IHR
INH
ITC
KQ8
M48
M~E
O9-
OK1
PHGZM
PHGZT
PIMPY
PQQKQ
PROAC
PUEGO
RPM
UKHRP
WIN
AAYXX
CITATION
3V.
7XB
8FK
AZQEC
DWQXO
K9.
PKEHL
PQEST
PQUKI
5PM
ID FETCH-LOGICAL-c2642-bedd794f0888bfc5eca0d40f897f9345b0315a2bebfa4f7e3cb0d12509da75393
IEDL.DBID 24P
ISSN 2051-3380
IngestDate Wed Aug 27 05:39:23 EDT 2025
Thu Aug 28 18:07:52 EDT 2025
Wed Aug 27 16:38:06 EDT 2025
Fri Aug 29 09:58:27 EDT 2025
IsDoiOpenAccess true
IsOpenAccess true
IsPeerReviewed true
IsScholarly true
Issue 8
Language English
License Attribution
This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
LinkModel DirectLink
MergedId FETCHMERGED-LOGICAL-c2642-bedd794f0888bfc5eca0d40f897f9345b0315a2bebfa4f7e3cb0d12509da75393
Notes The authors received no specific funding for this work.
Funding
ObjectType-Article-1
SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1
ObjectType-Feature-2
content type line 14
Associate Editor: Belinda Miller
Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.
ORCID 0000-0002-7087-1595
OpenAccessLink https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002%2Frcr2.70322
PQID 3244515800
PQPubID 2034406
PageCount 3
ParticipantIDs pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_12370445
proquest_journals_3244515800
crossref_primary_10_1002_rcr2_70322
wiley_primary_10_1002_rcr2_70322_RCR270322
PublicationCentury 2000
PublicationDate 20250821
PublicationDateYYYYMMDD 2025-08-21
PublicationDate_xml – month: 8
  year: 2025
  text: 20250821
  day: 21
PublicationDecade 2020
PublicationPlace Chichester, UK
PublicationPlace_xml – name: Chichester, UK
– name: Hoboken
PublicationTitle Respirology case reports
PublicationYear 2025
Publisher John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Publisher_xml – name: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
– name: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
References 2003; 124
2017; 89
e_1_2_7_2_1
e_1_2_7_3_1
References_xml – volume: 89
  start-page: 140
  year: 2017
  end-page: 148
  article-title: 18F‐FDG PET/CT and Contrast‐Enhanced CT Findings of Pulmonary Cryptococcosis
  publication-title: European Joulnal of Radiology
– volume: 124
  start-page: 2395
  year: 2003
  end-page: 2397
  article-title: Pulmonary Cryptococcosis After Initiation of Anti‐Tumor Necrosis Factor‐Alpha Therapy
  publication-title: Chest
– ident: e_1_2_7_3_1
  doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2017.02.008
– ident: e_1_2_7_2_1
  doi: 10.1378/chest.124.6.2395
SSID ssj0001105111
Score 2.3059838
Snippet ABSTRACT A 64‐year‐old woman with rheumatoid arthritis and asthma developed a rapid growth and uptake of 18F‐fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)‐avid lung nodule. Despite...
A 64‐year‐old woman with rheumatoid arthritis and asthma developed a rapid growth and uptake of 18 F‐fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)‐avid lung nodule. Despite...
ABSTRACT A 64‐year‐old woman with rheumatoid arthritis and asthma developed a rapid growth and uptake of 18F‐fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)‐avid lung nodule. Despite...
A 64‐year‐old woman with rheumatoid arthritis and asthma developed a rapid growth and uptake of 18 F‐fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)‐avid lung nodule. Despite...
SourceID pubmedcentral
proquest
crossref
wiley
SourceType Open Access Repository
Aggregation Database
Index Database
Publisher
SubjectTerms Clinical Image
Consent
immunosuppression
positron emission tomography/computed tomography
pulmonary cryptococcosis
rheumatoid arthritis
TNF inhibitors
Tomography
SummonAdditionalLinks – databaseName: Health & Medical Collection (ProQuest)
  dbid: 7X7
  link: http://utb.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwfV1LS8NAEF60gngRnxitEtCTEBs3m9dJpLQWoVJKiz0Z9hUa0CQm6aH_3tl0-_LQ22ZDkmVmd-bb2ck3CD1gHjDqBaHlCY9bRAhusdAlFnY4U2wfLIjVj8L9D683Ju8Td6IDbqVOq1zaxNpQi4yrGHkLHD8B3wv45iX_tVTVKHW6qkto7KMDRV2mUrr8ib-OsQB4gLW8YiXFrYIX-AkmOcbbfmgNLv-nRm5C1trndE_QsQaL5utCu6doT6Zn6LCvj8PP0ddg9g3josXcbBfzvMrAuvGsTErzM6mm5pDmiTDfYKMNF1lqDlSCVgGNDihXRcnMUfajKatburyD2Oi7QONuZ9TuWbpggsUB12CLSSFgfcVgOQIWc1dyagtix0Hox6FDXKZKOlDMJIspiX0J-rAFIBw7FBS2LaFziRpplsorZDp2SDHACSwZJZLjgGFBVScDSOjZxED3S_FF-YIXI1owIONICTmqhWyg5lKykV4bZbTWpIGCLWmv3qQ4r7fvpMm05r6G6ePb8LyBHmvF7Ph4NGwPcd263j2MG3SEVVVfG2zGcxM1qmImbwFqVOyunk9_AInWiA
  priority: 102
  providerName: ProQuest
Title Pulmonary Cryptococcosis With Rapid Growth on Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography
URI https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002%2Frcr2.70322
https://www.proquest.com/docview/3244515800
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PMC12370445
Volume 13
hasFullText 1
inHoldings 1
isFullTextHit
isPrint
link http://utb.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwlV1ba8IwFD6IwtjL2JW5OSlsT4POGGMvsJdNdDJQRJT5tJJbmbC1UvVh_34nsd72MNhLSdOmpeeWL2nyHYA7KgPBvSB0PeVJlyklXRE2mUsbUhi2DxHEZqNwr-91x-x10pwU4HG9F2bFD7GZcDOeYeO1cXAu5rUtaWgmM_qA9koxAJfM3lrDnE_ZYDvDgtChbhPwUiy4OBYjG35SWts23--RtjDz9yLJXfBqe5_OMRzlsNF5Wun5BAo6OYWDXv5j_AzeB8tPNCj8GqeVfc8WKcY5mc6nc-dtuvhwhnw2Vc4LDrnxJE2cgVmqlWGhjWo282XOKP3KyatreaIHtVN3DuNOe9TqunnqBFciwqGu0Eqhp8UYQwIRy6aWnChG4iD047DBmsIkd-BUaBFzFvsaNUMUYh0SKo4DmLBxAcUkTfQlOA0ScorAgmrBmZY0EFRxUykQHHqEleF2Lb5otmLIiFZcyDQyQo6skMtQWUs2yr1kHiGYY4inELOWIdiT9uZJhv16_0oy_bAs2GhIPsH2Zbi3ivnj5dGwNaS2dPWfm6_hkJpsvwRjSb0CxUW21DcIQRaiai0Nj_7Er0Lpud0fDKt2OP8DTnfckA
linkProvider Wiley-Blackwell
linkToHtml http://utb.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwtV1LT9tAEB6hIFEuqIUiwqsrAZdKbsxk49gHhGgaCI9EURQEJ8y-LCKBnTpBKH-qv7Gzjk0IB27c1rZsr2a_nfn29Q3APipfCs8PHE97yuFaK0cGNe5gVUmr9iH9yB4Ubne81jW_uK3dLsC_4iyM3VZZ-MTMUetE2TnyCgV-TrGX-M3x8K9js0bZ1dUihcYUFpdm8kJDttHR-R9q3wPE02a_0XLyrAKOouCPjjRaEwgj6l6-jFTNKOFq7kZ-UI-CKq9Jm_dAoDQyEjyqG6q0q4kGuIEWxO2t-BK5_EVepaFMCRZ_Nzvd3mxWh-gKeY9XHVSspCrFX9StEOcj34zOvt-M-ZYkZ1Hu9Cus5PSUnUzx9A0WTLwKS-18AX4N7rrPj2QJkU5YI50Mxwn5U5WMBiN2Mxg_sJ4YDjQ7o6E9XSQx69otYSkVmgQnOy_H-slTLpJdyRNK6Df3vsP1pxhzHUpxEpsNYFU3EEgEBo0U3Cj0JWphb0oioZ7Ly7BXmC8cTpU4wqnmMobWyGFm5DJsF5YN8944CmfYKYM_Z-3XL1mV7fkn8eAhU9smwNZder8MP7OG-eDnYa_Rw6y0-XE1fsCXVr99FV6ddy63YBltTmGXPNbhNpTG6bPZIaIzlrs5uhjcfzag_wP5GhWg
linkToPdf http://utb.summon.serialssolutions.com/2.0.0/link/0/eLvHCXMwtV1LT9tAEB5FIEVcqlKKSAvtStALkhszWb8OCFWBQAigKAI1J9x9WUQqdnCCUP5af11nHZsQDty4rW35NfvNzLe7szMAe6hCKfwwcnztK4drrRwZedzBlpI224cME7tR-PLKP7vh50NvWIN_1V4YG1ZZ2cTCUOtM2TnyJjl-Tr6X-E0zKcMi-sedo_GDYytI2ZXWqpzGHCI9M3ui4dvksHtMff0DsXNy3T5zygoDjiIigI40WhMgE1K1UCbKM0q4mrtJGAVJ1OKetDUQBEojE8GTwNAPuJoogRtpQTzfJmIi878atLwDq2PBMFjM7xBxITvynBEVm7nK8ScpGOKyD1wQ29dhmS_pcuHvOh_hQ0lU2a85stahZtJPUL8sl-I34Lb_-JfkIPIZa-ez8TQjy6qyyWjCfo-md2wgxiPNTmmQTwdZyvo2OCynxgkBy87QsevsvkyX3SxLS-gX5z7DzbuIchNW0iw1W8BabiSQqAwaKbhRGErUwp6UREd9lzdgtxJfPJ7n5Ijn2ZcxtkKOCyE3YLuSbFzq5SReoKgB4ZK0n59k820vX0lHd0XebYJu4NL9DdgvOuaNl8eD9gCL1pe3P-M71AnG8UX3qvcV1tAWF3bJdB1sw8o0fzQ7xHim8lsBLQZ_3hvL_wGyLxhw
openUrl ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fsummon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Pulmonary+Cryptococcosis+With+Rapid+Growth+on+Positron+Emission+Tomography%2FComputed+Tomography&rft.jtitle=Respirology+case+reports&rft.au=Fukuda%2C+Yosuke&rft.au=Oda%2C+Naruhito&rft.au=Sagara%2C+Hironori&rft.au=Tanaka%2C+Akihiko&rft.date=2025-08-21&rft.pub=John+Wiley+%26+Sons%2C+Ltd&rft.issn=2051-3380&rft.eissn=2051-3380&rft.volume=13&rft.issue=8&rft.epage=n%2Fa&rft_id=info:doi/10.1002%2Frcr2.70322&rft.externalDBID=10.1002%252Frcr2.70322&rft.externalDocID=RCR270322
thumbnail_l http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/lc.gif&issn=2051-3380&client=summon
thumbnail_m http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/mc.gif&issn=2051-3380&client=summon
thumbnail_s http://covers-cdn.summon.serialssolutions.com/index.aspx?isbn=/sc.gif&issn=2051-3380&client=summon