Cryptococcosis mimicking lung cancer with brain metastasis

Highlights • Cryptococcosis can present as a large lung mass (>3 cm). • Crytpcoccosis can present as a small ring-enhanced brain tumours with obvious oedema. • These radiological findings mimic lung cancer with metastatic brain tumour.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical neurology and neurosurgery 2015-08, Vol.135, p.93-95
Hauptverfasser:	Hiraga, Akiyuki, Yatomi, Mari, Ozaki, Daisuke, Kamitsukasa, Ikuo, Kuwabara, Satoshi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Blood Brain Neoplasms - diagnosis Brain Neoplasms - secondary Brain tumour Conflicts of interest Cryptococcosis Cryptococcosis - diagnosis Cryptococcosis - diagnostic imaging Cryptococcosis - pathology Deaths Diagnosis, Differential Female Hospitals Humans Immunocompetence Lung cancer Lung Diseases, Fungal - diagnosis Lung Diseases, Fungal - diagnostic imaging Lung Diseases, Fungal - pathology Lung Neoplasms - diagnosis Lung Neoplasms - pathology Magnetic Resonance Imaging Medical imaging Meningitis, Cryptococcal - diagnosis Metastasis Neurology Neurosurgery NMR Nuclear magnetic resonance Patients Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • Cryptococcosis can present as a large lung mass (>3 cm). • Crytpcoccosis can present as a small ring-enhanced brain tumours with obvious oedema. • These radiological findings mimic lung cancer with metastatic brain tumour.
ISSN:	0303-8467 1872-6968
DOI:	10.1016/j.clineuro.2015.05.014