[Osseous site of systemic cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent patient].
Cryptococcosis is a cosmopolite mycosis caused by an opportunistic fungus usually infecting immunodeficient subjects. A 50-year old patient, with no particular medical history was seen with metaphyseal and diaphyseal bony lesions of a non-specific lytic aspect. This demonstrates that such an infection may also occur in apparently immunocompetent subjects. Diagnosis may be difficult and needs a special investigation looking for Cryptococcus neoformans. It should perhaps be made when first-intention investigations of a lytic bony lesion does not reveal any precise aetiology.
Goncalves
J
J
Département de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologique, CHU de Rouen.
Gueit
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I
Caron
F
F
Cambon-Michot
C
C
Brasseur
P
P
Dujardin
F
F
D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D007121:Immunocompetence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology