Triple therapy is independently associated with a higher survival rate among patients with CAPS.

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Cryptococcosis is a systemic mycosis with a worldwide distribution. It frequently occurs in patients who are immunologically compromised or chronically ill. Clinical manifestations are usually confined to the central nervous system, lungs and skin. Involvement of the hepatobiliary system is very rare. We describe the MR imaging appearance of a rare case of disseminated cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent child in whom the clinical presentation was dominated by biliary and lymph nodal involvement.

Primary posterior mediastinal cyst is an exceptionally uncommon manifestation of hydatid disease especially in pediatric age group. We herein present the account of a giant posterior mediastinal hydatid cyst in an 8-year-old boy that was peculiar due to the absence of typical clinical and radiological features of hydatid disease. The diagnosis was established perioperatively by a combination of surgical and pathological findings. The report depicts one of the myriad presentations of hydatid disease and also emphasizes the verity that it should be considered in the differential diagnoses of any mediastinal cystic lesion even in pediatric patients.