Case report: Complete lung collapse — An unusual presentation of cryptococcosis

Authors :: D.W. Henderson
J. McBride
E.A. Carter
Michael R. Sage
Source :: Clinical Radiology. 46:292-294
Publication Year :: 1992
Publisher :: Elsevier BV, 1992.
Abstract: Cryptococcosis presenting as an intrabronchial mass is not a recognized cause of complete lung collapse. This case report illustrates this extremely rare manifestation of pulmonary cryptococcosis, which mimicked primary pulmonary carcinoma clinically, radiologically and bronchoscopically.