Liver cryptococcosis manifesting as obstructive jaundice in a young immunocompetent man: Report of a case

Surgery Today

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 271-274

  Nara, Satoshi ^a   Sano, Tsuyoshi ^a   Ojima, Hidenori ^b   Onaya, Hiroaki ^a   Ikeda, Masafumi ^a   Morizane, Chigusa ^a   Esaki, Minoru ^a   Sakamoto, Yoshihiro ^a   Shimada, Kazuaki ^a   Kosuge, Tomoo ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cholangio cellular carcinoma; Cryptococcus; Jaundice; Liver

Indexed keywords

FLUCONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; BILIARY TRACT DRAINAGE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; FUNGUS CULTURE; GIANT CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT; JAPANESE; LIVER BIOPSY; LUNG INFECTION; MALE; OBSTRUCTIVE JAUNDICE; PORTAL VEIN;

ADULT; BILE; BILE DUCTS, INTRAHEPATIC; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; DRAINAGE; HEPATIC DUCT, COMMON; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; JAUNDICE, OBSTRUCTIVE; LIVER DISEASES; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 40149092798     PISSN: 09411291     EISSN: 14362813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00595-007-3605-6     Document Type: Article

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