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KMID : 1130320100530110971
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Korean Journal of Pediatrics
2010 Volume.53 No. 11 p.971 ~ p.974
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Isolated pulmonary cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent boy
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Bauer Siegfried
Kim Ji-Eun
La Kyong-Suk
Yoo Young
Lee Kee-Hyoung
Park Sang-Hee
Choung Ji-Tae
Kim Chul-Whan
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Abstract
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Pulmonary cryptococcosis is rare in immunocompetent subjects. Here, we present the case of a 16-year-old boy who was referred to our pediatric department for the management of multiple consolidations detected on chest radiography, which was routinely performed when the patient was being evaluated for an ankle fracture. Fine needle aspiration biopsy was performed, and the definitive diagnosis was established as cryptococcal pneumonia. After 8 weeks of antifungal treatment, the pulmonary nodules on the chest radiographs disappeared.
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KEYWORD
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Cryptococcosis, Multiple pulmonary nodules, Child
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