An unusual cause of haemoptysis and headache: cryptococcosis
Pulmonary cryptococcosis can be clinically silent in non-HIV infected patients but can also present as nodules and masses on the chest radiograph, which can be mistaken for tuberculosis or lung cancer. Common symptoms include fever and cough, and uncommonly haemoptysis. This report illustrates a non...
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| author | How, Soon Hin Kuan, Yeh Chunn Ng, Teck Han Ramachandran, Kalavathy Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi |
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| description | Pulmonary cryptococcosis can be clinically silent in non-HIV infected patients but can also present as nodules and masses on the chest radiograph, which can be mistaken for tuberculosis or lung cancer. Common symptoms include fever and cough, and uncommonly haemoptysis. This report illustrates a non-HIV infected patient whose main complaint was haemoptysis and headache. He was diagnosed with pulmonary cryptococcosis from biopsy of an endobronchial mass found on flexible bronchoscopy. Disseminated cryptoccoccal infection should be considered as a differential diagnosis in non-HIV infected patients presenting with haemoptysis and headache. Early recognition and administration of appropriate therapy will improve clinical outcome in these patients. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:294382013-04-16T04:00:43Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/29438/ An unusual cause of haemoptysis and headache: cryptococcosis How, Soon Hin Kuan, Yeh Chunn Ng, Teck Han Ramachandran, Kalavathy Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi R Medicine (General) Pulmonary cryptococcosis can be clinically silent in non-HIV infected patients but can also present as nodules and masses on the chest radiograph, which can be mistaken for tuberculosis or lung cancer. Common symptoms include fever and cough, and uncommonly haemoptysis. This report illustrates a non-HIV infected patient whose main complaint was haemoptysis and headache. He was diagnosed with pulmonary cryptococcosis from biopsy of an endobronchial mass found on flexible bronchoscopy. Disseminated cryptoccoccal infection should be considered as a differential diagnosis in non-HIV infected patients presenting with haemoptysis and headache. Early recognition and administration of appropriate therapy will improve clinical outcome in these patients. College of Pathologists, Academy of Medicine Malaysia 2008-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/29438/1/An_unusual_cause_of_haemoptysis.pdf How, Soon Hin and Kuan, Yeh Chunn and Ng, Teck Han and Ramachandran, Kalavathy and Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi (2008) An unusual cause of haemoptysis and headache: cryptococcosis. The Malaysian Journal of Pathology, 30 (2). pp. 129-32. ISSN 0126-8635 http://www.mjpath.org.my/2008.2/11_Crypto.pdf |
| spellingShingle | R Medicine (General) How, Soon Hin Kuan, Yeh Chunn Ng, Teck Han Ramachandran, Kalavathy Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi An unusual cause of haemoptysis and headache: cryptococcosis |
| title | An unusual cause of haemoptysis and headache: cryptococcosis |
| title_full | An unusual cause of haemoptysis and headache: cryptococcosis |
| title_fullStr | An unusual cause of haemoptysis and headache: cryptococcosis |
| title_full_unstemmed | An unusual cause of haemoptysis and headache: cryptococcosis |
| title_short | An unusual cause of haemoptysis and headache: cryptococcosis |
| title_sort | unusual cause of haemoptysis and headache cryptococcosis |
| topic | R Medicine (General) |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/29438/1/An_unusual_cause_of_haemoptysis.pdf |
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