title: [An autopsied case of disseminated cryptococcosis with marked lymphadenopathy].
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sasayama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Oe
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inuyama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanigawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yasuoka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dohtsu
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kohno
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002353:Carrier State; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D015490:HTLV-I Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000150:complications*