Cryptococcal inflammatory pseudotumors

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1521-1527

  Sing, Yetish ^a   Ramdial, Pratistadevi K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b INKOSI ALBERT LUTHULI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cryptococcal; Cryptococcus neoformans; HIV; Inflammatory; Pseudotumor

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARM; ARTICLE; CELL VACUOLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GIANT CELL; HISTIOCYTE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; NONHUMAN; PLASMA CELL; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; SOFT TISSUE; SPINDLE CELL; THIGH; THORAX WALL; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGITIS, CRYPTOCOCCAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

EID: 34748840303     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318040ad0a     Document Type: Article

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