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Cryptococcosis presenting as a neck mass
- Source :
- The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology. 104(9 Pt 1)
- Publication Year :
- 1995
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Abstract
- A rare case of cryptococcal infection presenting as a neck mass in an otherwise healthy individual is reported. The mass resulted in lytic destruction of portions of the cervical vertebrae and produced a focal neurologic deficit in one of the upper extremities. Although other lesions in the skull, femur, and humerus were identified, no involvement of the lungs or central nervous system could be detected. The patient was initially treated with amphotericin B and flucytosine, but eventually also required fluconazole and surgical debridement for complete resolution of the infection. The diagnosis, treatment, and manifestations of cryptococcosis in the head and neck are discussed.
- Subjects :
- 0301 basic medicine
medicine.medical_specialty
Biopsy
030106 microbiology
Neck mass
Flucytosine
030207 dermatology & venereal diseases
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
medicine
Humans
Humerus
Femur
Fluconazole
Mycosis
business.industry
General Medicine
Cryptococcosis
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Surgery
medicine.anatomical_structure
Otorhinolaryngology
Debridement
Cervical Vertebrae
Female
Spinal Diseases
Osteitis
medicine.symptom
business
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Neck
Cervical vertebrae
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00034894
- Volume :
- 104
- Issue :
- 9 Pt 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Annals of otology, rhinology, and laryngology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....51b1894dc41bd81a6a2184e1ba32dc41