title: [A case of pulmonary cryptococcosis diagnosed by percutaneous lung biopsy].
abstract: A 53-year-old male was admitted with complaint of bloody sputum. The chest X-ray film revealed a solitary round mass with cavity formation in the left upper lung field. A diagnosis of pulmonary cryptococcosis was made by the percutaneous lung biopsy. As his chest X-ray film did not improve even by administration of antimycotic agents for 6 months, he underwent partial resection of left upper lobe. Thus, the percutaneous lung biopsy was a significant procedure for the definitive diagnosis of this case.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Arano
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Shimizu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Murakami
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sekido
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tomita
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kusunoki
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology*; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged