Cryptococcal pneumonia: a fulminant presentation.
A 32-year-old presented with fulminant, bilateral airspace pneumonia due to Cryptococcus neoformans while under cytotoxic therapy for advanced Hodgkin's disease. We alert physicians to this rapidly progressive form of cryptococcosis which has been poorly described previously and which may closely mimic bacterial pneumonia.
D000328:Adult; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000532:radiotherapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000276:immunology / Q000469:parasitology*; D011859:Radiography