Endoscopic Findings of Gastric Cryptococcosis in an Immunosuppressed Patient

A 34-year-old man with a recent HIV diagnosis presented to the emergency department with a holocranial headache and skin lesions due to cryptococcosis. He was admitted and during treatment, he presented nausea, persistent vomiting, and epigastric pain. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed multiple ro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Flores, Luis, Alvizuri, Claudia, Ramirez, Dania, Salas, Yessenia, Ojeda, Manuel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer 2022
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9302253/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35919412
http://dx.doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000000830
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Sumario:A 34-year-old man with a recent HIV diagnosis presented to the emergency department with a holocranial headache and skin lesions due to cryptococcosis. He was admitted and during treatment, he presented nausea, persistent vomiting, and epigastric pain. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy revealed multiple round lesions with reddish elevated edges and a pale center in corpus and antrum which were positive for Cryptococcus in pathology analysis.

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