[An autopsied case of disseminated cryptococcosis with marked lymphadenopathy].
A 75 year old woman who was admitted to Higashisaga National Hospital due to chronic bronchitis showed a high fever (39.2 degrees C) and marked lymphadenopathy of the bilateral inguinal lymph-nodes. Chest X-ray showed diffuse infiltration. Cryptococcus was detected in biopsied lymph-nodes. Although 5-fluorocytosine, miconazole, amphotericin-B were administered for six weeks, she died and an autopsy was performed. Disseminated cryptococcosis was observed in the lung, liver, spleen, kidney, bone marrow, and lymph-nodes of the lung hilum, paratrachea, retroperitoneum, gall bladder and groin. She was a human T cell leukemia type I (HTLV-I) carrier, and this could be related to disseminated cryptococcosis.
Sasayama
K
K
Oe
T
T
Inuyama
M
M
Tanigawa
H
H
Kawamura
K
K
Yasuoka
A
A
Yamada
H
H
Dohtsu
Y
Y
Hayashi
T
T
Kohno
S
S
D000368:Aged; D002353:Carrier State; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000150:complications*