Endobronchial Cryptococcosis

Endobronchial cryptococcosis in a patient with an HIV infection

“…Cryptococcosis preferentially affects immunocompromised hosts (patients with HIV infection, those undergoing transplantation, those using high-dose corticosteroids, and those with diabetes mellitus, chronic renal failure, or other such diseases 1 . Although the lungs serve as a gateway to this infection, extrapulmonary forms (for example meningitis) represent the most common clinical presentations 1,2 . Most patients initially show nonspecific respiratory clinical manifestations 2 .…”

“…Although the lungs serve as a gateway to this infection, extrapulmonary forms (for example meningitis) represent the most common clinical presentations 1,2 . Most patients initially show nonspecific respiratory clinical manifestations 2 . Radiological findings include parenchymal infiltrates, cavitated lesions, lymphadenopathy, pleural effusion, and pulmonary masses and nodules 1,3 .…”