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Lumbar Cryptococcal Osteomyelitis Mimicking Metastatic Tumor

Cryptococcus is an encapsulated, yeast-like fungus that rarely causes infection in immunocompetent patients. We present the case report of a 66-year-old female patient with a history of rectal cancer with an isolated lumbar vertebral cryptococcosis proven by biopsy performed during operation. The pa...

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Autores principales: Joo, Hyun Seok, Ha, Jung-Ki, Hwang, Chang Ju, Lee, Dong-Ho, Lee, Choon Sung, Cho, Jae Hwan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Spine Surgery 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4591455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26435802
http://dx.doi.org/10.4184/asj.2015.9.5.798
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author Joo, Hyun Seok
Ha, Jung-Ki
Hwang, Chang Ju
Lee, Dong-Ho
Lee, Choon Sung
Cho, Jae Hwan
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description Cryptococcus is an encapsulated, yeast-like fungus that rarely causes infection in immunocompetent patients. We present the case report of a 66-year-old female patient with a history of rectal cancer with an isolated lumbar vertebral cryptococcosis proven by biopsy performed during operation. The patient was not an immunocompromised host and did not have any other risk factors except the history of cured rectal cancer. The presumptive diagnosis based on imaging studies was metastatic spine cancer, so operation was performed. However, cryptococcal osteomyelitis was diagnosed in the pathologic examination. This case report emphasizes that we should be aware that lumbar cryptococcosis can be a rare cause of mimicking lesions with metastatic cancer.
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spelling pubmed-45914552015-10-04 Lumbar Cryptococcal Osteomyelitis Mimicking Metastatic Tumor Joo, Hyun Seok Ha, Jung-Ki Hwang, Chang Ju Lee, Dong-Ho Lee, Choon Sung Cho, Jae Hwan Asian Spine J Case Report Cryptococcus is an encapsulated, yeast-like fungus that rarely causes infection in immunocompetent patients. We present the case report of a 66-year-old female patient with a history of rectal cancer with an isolated lumbar vertebral cryptococcosis proven by biopsy performed during operation. The patient was not an immunocompromised host and did not have any other risk factors except the history of cured rectal cancer. The presumptive diagnosis based on imaging studies was metastatic spine cancer, so operation was performed. However, cryptococcal osteomyelitis was diagnosed in the pathologic examination. This case report emphasizes that we should be aware that lumbar cryptococcosis can be a rare cause of mimicking lesions with metastatic cancer. Korean Society of Spine Surgery 2015-10 2015-09-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4591455/ /pubmed/26435802 http://dx.doi.org/10.4184/asj.2015.9.5.798 Text en Copyright © 2015 by Korean Society of Spine Surgery http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full Lumbar Cryptococcal Osteomyelitis Mimicking Metastatic Tumor
title_fullStr Lumbar Cryptococcal Osteomyelitis Mimicking Metastatic Tumor
title_full_unstemmed Lumbar Cryptococcal Osteomyelitis Mimicking Metastatic Tumor
title_short Lumbar Cryptococcal Osteomyelitis Mimicking Metastatic Tumor
title_sort lumbar cryptococcal osteomyelitis mimicking metastatic tumor
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4591455/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26435802
http://dx.doi.org/10.4184/asj.2015.9.5.798
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