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Pulmonary cryptococcosis due to a capsule-deficient strain confused with metastatic lung cancer.
Mycopathologia. 1997-1998; 140(2):65-8.M

Abstract

A patient with hepatocellular cancer developed pulmonary cryptococcosis due to infection with a capsule-deficient Cryptococcus neoformans. Pulmonary lesions initially diagnosed as metastatic cancer by chest x-ray film and CT scan were subsequently found to be fungal granulomas by autopsy. Although morphologic studies of the fungi were insufficient to render a specific mycologic diagnosis because of the absence of encapsulated yeasts, fluorescent antibody studies confirmed the diagnosis of cryptococcosis. The use of various stains and electron microscopy for the pathological differential diagnosis of cryptococcosis caused by capsule-deficient yeasts is discussed.

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Kimura M
Second Department of Pathology, Kinki University School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
Kaufman L
No affiliation info available
Maekura S
No affiliation info available
Teramura K
No affiliation info available
Satou T
No affiliation info available
Hashimoto S
No affiliation info available

MeSH

Carcinoma, HepatocellularCryptococcosisCryptococcus neoformansDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleFluorescent Antibody TechniqueHumansLiver NeoplasmsLung Diseases, FungalLung NeoplasmsMicroscopy, ElectronMiddle Aged

Pub Type(s)

Case Reports
Journal Article

Language

eng

PubMed ID

9646509

Citation

Kimura, M, et al. "Pulmonary Cryptococcosis Due to a Capsule-deficient Strain Confused With Metastatic Lung Cancer." Mycopathologia, vol. 140, no. 2, 1998, pp. 65-8.
Kimura M, Kaufman L, Maekura S, et al. Pulmonary cryptococcosis due to a capsule-deficient strain confused with metastatic lung cancer. Mycopathologia. 1998;140(2):65-8.
Kimura, M., Kaufman, L., Maekura, S., Teramura, K., Satou, T., & Hashimoto, S. (1998). Pulmonary cryptococcosis due to a capsule-deficient strain confused with metastatic lung cancer. Mycopathologia, 140(2), 65-8.
Kimura M, et al. Pulmonary Cryptococcosis Due to a Capsule-deficient Strain Confused With Metastatic Lung Cancer. Mycopathologia. 1997-1998;140(2):65-8. PubMed PMID: 9646509.
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