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Case No : 603 Date 2009-05-17

  • Courtesy of Shin Kyung Min, Kang Duk Sik / Kyungpook National University Hospital
  • Age/Sex 39 / F
  • Chief ComplaintCough for 1 month
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Diagnosis With Brief Discussion

Diagnosis
Pulmonary crytococcosis
Radiologic Findings
Chest radiographs shows mass-like opacity with internal cavitation in the left lower lung zone. Contrast CT scans show mass-like consolidation with internal cavitation, air-bronchogram and satellite nodules in left lower lobe. Specific stain with Mucicarmine shows red-stained cryptococcus.
Brief Review
Please refer to
Case 181, Case 231, Case 282, Case 305, Case 346, Case 368, Case 382, Case 388, Case 446, Case 484, Case 512,
References
Keywords
Lung, Infection, Fungal infection,

No. of Applicants : 92

▶ Correct Answer : 1/92,  1.1%
  • - PingTung Christian Hospital ,China Medical University ,Taiwan,R.O.C. , Taiwan Jun Jun Yeh
▶ Correct Answer as Differential Diagnosis : 18/92,  19.6%
  • - McGill University Health Centre , Canada Amr Ajlan
  • - NTUH , Taiwan Kuei-pin Chung
  • - Ruby Hall Clinic , India john joseph
  • - hospital Sao Paulo , Brazil israel missrie
  • - Changhua Christian Hospital , Taiwan Chia-Fu Tsai
  • - SNUBH , Korea (South) Kyoung Jin Oh
  • - EWHA WOMANS MOKDONG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL , Korea (South) YOOKYUNG KIM
  • - Shinsegye Rad Clinic, Daegu , Korea (South) Gi Beom Kim
  • - CHRU Lille , France Benjamin Damarey
  • - MD SKNMC & GH,Pune,Maharashtra, INDIA , India Sushant Bhadane
  • - Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital , Korea (South) Eil Seong Lee
  • - Kashan University of Medical Sciences, kashan , Iran Ebrahim Razi
  • - IRSA La Rochelle France , France Denis Chabassiere
  • - Vitalife Clinics , Pune , India. , India Rahul Deshmukh
  • - KMC,Manipal , India satish maddukuri
  • - Vital Imaging Centre, Mumbai,India , India Ganesh Agrawal
  • - clinique de rochefort , France viviane pages
  • - govt royapettah hospital , India gopinathan kathirvelu
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