Cryptococcosis masquerading as a tuboovarian abscess

International Journal of Gynecological Pathology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-40

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b INKOSI ALBERT LUTHULI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Cryptococcoma; Cryptococcus neoformans; Human immunodeficiency virus; Ovary; Pseudocystic

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUCONAZOLE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANCER SIZE; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONVALESCENCE; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULATION TISSUE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LAPAROTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUBOOVARIAN ABSCESS; TUMOR VOLUME; ABSCESS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY CYST; OVARY TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; UTERINE TUBE DISEASE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALLOPIAN TUBE DISEASES; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; OVARIAN CYSTS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; OVARIECTOMY; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE;

EID: 39349098762     PISSN: 02771691     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/pgp.0b013e318093fa11     Document Type: Article

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