Pulmonary cryptococcosis mimicking lung cancer with multiple lung metastases

Key message The differential diagnosis of a lung mass with multiple pulmonary nodules includes metastases of lung cancer, mycobacterial infections, and pulmonary mycosis. Pulmonary cryptococcosis should be recognized, especially in immunocompromised patients. Pulmonary cryptococcosis presents as a s...

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Published inRespirology case reports Vol. 12; no. 6; pp. e01415 - n/a
Main Authors Ohnishi, Hiroshi, Horino, Taro, Nakajima, Hideki, Yokoyama, Akihito
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.06.2024
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Wiley
Subjects
Antigens
Biopsy
Clinical Image
Clinical Images
cryptococcus
Lung cancer
Metastasis
Pulmonary arteries
Three dimensional imaging
Tomography
Yeast
lung cancer
metastasis
cryptococcus
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Summary:Key message The differential diagnosis of a lung mass with multiple pulmonary nodules includes metastases of lung cancer, mycobacterial infections, and pulmonary mycosis. Pulmonary cryptococcosis should be recognized, especially in immunocompromised patients. Pulmonary cryptococcosis presents as a solitary nodule or as multiple pulmonary nodules. We present a case of pulmonary cryptococcosis mimicking lung cancer with multiple lung metastases.
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Associate Editor: Belinda Miller
ISSN:2051-3380
2051-3380
DOI:10.1002/rcr2.1415