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Thorax 60:86 doi:10.1136/thx.2004.031658
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An unique case of primary pulmonary cryptococcosis with extensive chest wall invasion

  1. S Mitsuoka,
  2. H Kanazawa
  1. Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr H Kanazawa
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, 1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abenoku, Osaka 545-8585, Japan; kanazawa-hmed.osaka-cu.ac.jp

    An abnormality was found on the chest radiograph of a 56 year old man during a medical check up. Three months later the bloody sputum and left chest pain were aggravated; the left chest was swollen and pain increased and the patient was admitted a month later. At admission the chest radiograph revealed a left upper lobe mass and a chest CT scan showed extension into the chest wall (fig 1A and B). There …