Pulmonary cryptococcosis within a pulmonary carcinoma-review of reported cases

Internal Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 369-372

  Harada, Toshiyuki ^a   Hakuma, Nobuyuki ^a   Kamimura, Akira ^a   Ito, Koji ^a   Okamoto, Kenzo ^b  

^a Iwamizawa Municipal General Hospital   (Japan)

^b Iwamizawa Rosai Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coexistence; Cryptococcosis; Immunocompetent; Lung carcinoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; LUNG MYCOSIS; LUNG RESECTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; AGED; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33645985513     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.45.1571     Document Type: Review

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