Pulmonary cryptococcosis mimicking solitary lung cancer in an immunocompetent patient

Thorax

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 478-

  Chang, E T ^a,c   Wang, A H ^b   Lin, C B ^a   Lee, J J ^a   Liu, S H ^a  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; ITRACONAZOLE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHINESE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS; DYSPNEA; FUNGUS CULTURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; LUNG MYCOSIS; MALE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGRICULTURAL WORKERS' DISEASES; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; ITRACONAZOLE; LUNG DISEASES, FUNGAL; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 43749116443     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.2007.079244     Document Type: Article

References (2)

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2. Hsu CH, Lee CM, Wang FC, et al. F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in pulmonary cryptococcoma. Clin Nucl Med 2003;28:791-3.