Cryptococcosis as a complication of therapy for sarcoidosis: A case report

Cryptococcosis is a rare complication of sarcoidosis, especially when it grows in lungs. It may escape from being diagnosed because of low prevalence and non-specific radiological presentation. Hereby, we reported an unusual case of pulmonary cryptococcosis secondary to the long-term use of glucocor...

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Autores principales: Shi, Jiejun, Zhou, Lei, Ma, Ada Hai Yan, Yang, Naibin, Chen, Lei, Qian, Guoqing
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8529303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34691476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X211054268
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author Shi, Jiejun
Zhou, Lei
Ma, Ada Hai Yan
Yang, Naibin
Chen, Lei
Qian, Guoqing
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Zhou, Lei
Ma, Ada Hai Yan
Yang, Naibin
Chen, Lei
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description Cryptococcosis is a rare complication of sarcoidosis, especially when it grows in lungs. It may escape from being diagnosed because of low prevalence and non-specific radiological presentation. Hereby, we reported an unusual case of pulmonary cryptococcosis secondary to the long-term use of glucocorticoids to treat sarcoidosis which can be misdiagnosed as progression of sarcoidosis due to the similar radiological presentation. After targeted therapy with fluconazole for 5 months, her chest computed tomography rescan revealed resolution of the pulmonary lesions.
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spelling pubmed-85293032021-10-22 Cryptococcosis as a complication of therapy for sarcoidosis: A case report Shi, Jiejun Zhou, Lei Ma, Ada Hai Yan Yang, Naibin Chen, Lei Qian, Guoqing SAGE Open Med Case Rep Case Report Cryptococcosis is a rare complication of sarcoidosis, especially when it grows in lungs. It may escape from being diagnosed because of low prevalence and non-specific radiological presentation. Hereby, we reported an unusual case of pulmonary cryptococcosis secondary to the long-term use of glucocorticoids to treat sarcoidosis which can be misdiagnosed as progression of sarcoidosis due to the similar radiological presentation. After targeted therapy with fluconazole for 5 months, her chest computed tomography rescan revealed resolution of the pulmonary lesions. SAGE Publications 2021-10-19 /pmc/articles/PMC8529303/ /pubmed/34691476 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X211054268 Text en © The Author(s) 2021 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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Shi, Jiejun
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Yang, Naibin
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Cryptococcosis as a complication of therapy for sarcoidosis: A case report
title Cryptococcosis as a complication of therapy for sarcoidosis: A case report
title_full Cryptococcosis as a complication of therapy for sarcoidosis: A case report
title_fullStr Cryptococcosis as a complication of therapy for sarcoidosis: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Cryptococcosis as a complication of therapy for sarcoidosis: A case report
title_short Cryptococcosis as a complication of therapy for sarcoidosis: A case report
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topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8529303/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34691476
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2050313X211054268
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