Pancoast's Syndrome Due to Pulmonary Infection with Cryptococcus neoformans Variety gattii

1 May 1992

journal article
case report
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Infectious Diseases

Vol. 14 (5) , 1142-1144
https://doi.org/10.1093/clinids/14.5.1142

Abstract

Immunocompetent hosts usually do not require antifungal therapy for pulmonary cryptococcosis. We present a case of right lung mass and Pancoast's syndrome due to locally invasive Cryptococcus neoformans variety gattii in a normal host. Lobectomy followed by therapy with amphotericin B and flucytosine was curative.

Keywords

PANCOAST'S SYNDROME
CRYPTOCOCCUS NEOFORMANS
LUNG INFECTION
HOST (ORGANISM)
LOBECTOMY
CRYPTOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA
RIGHT LUNG
AMPHOTERICIN B
ANTIFUNGAL AGENT
FLUCYTOSINE
IMMUNOCOMPETENCE

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