PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - J D Douketis AU - S Kesten TI - Miliary pulmonary cryptococcosis in a patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. AID - 10.1136/thx.48.4.402 DP - 1993 Apr 01 TA - Thorax PG - 402--403 VI - 48 IP - 4 4099 - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/48/4/402.short 4100 - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/48/4/402.full SO - Thorax1993 Apr 01; 48 AB - A 33 year old man with AIDS presented with fever, dyspnoea, cough and a miliary pattern on the chest radiograph. Cryptococcus neoformans infection was diagnosed from bronchoalveolar lavage bronchoscopy. This case supports the principle that, in patients with AIDS, pulmonary infections can exhibit variable radiographic features and that definitive diagnosis should always be considered.