TY - JOUR T1 - [An autopsied case of pleuro-pulmonary cryptococcosis]. AU - Suzuki,K, AU - Tachibana,A, AU - Hatakeyama,S, AU - Okano,H, AU - Oka,T, PY - 1994/4/1/pubmed PY - 1994/4/1/medline PY - 1994/4/1/entrez SP - 334 EP - 8 JF - Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai zasshi JO - Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi VL - 32 IS - 4 N2 - We report a case of pleuro-pulmonary cryptococcosis. An 86-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with dyspnea, a high fever and an oppressive sensation in the chest. Chest X-ray on admission revealed massive pleural effusions, interstitial shadows and consolidation with air bronchograms in both lung fields. The cause of pleural effusion was unknown. The patient died one month later. Autopsy revealed severe pleural cryptococcosis and organizing pneumonia with a small number of cryptococci but without granuloma. To our knowledge, there have been very few documented cases of pleuro-pulmonary cryptococcosis with such massive bilateral pleural effusions. SN - 0301-1542 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/8041042/[An_autopsied_case_of_pleuro_pulmonary_cryptococcosis]_ L2 - http://www.diseaseinfosearch.org/result/2024 DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -