An unique case of primary pulmonary cryptococcosis with extensive chest wall invasion
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
- 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 …
