title: [A case of primary pulmonary cryptococcosis showing lobar pneumonia on chest X-ray].
abstract: A 36-year-old male who had been in good health visited our hospital because of fever, productive cough and lobar pneumonia of the right lower lobe. Bronchoscopic examination revealed pulmonary cryptococcosis. After the initiation of fluconazole the pneumonia started to improve, however, it was aggravated after the discontinuation of fluconazole because of liver dysfunction induced by it. The pulmonary cryptococcosis improved by lobectomy of the right lower lobe. There have been few reports of lobar pneumonia caused by primary pulmonary cryptococcosis. We report this case with fourteen other cases of primary pulmonary cryptococcosis which have been experienced in our hospital.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Himeji Medical Center.
authors.forename: Tetsuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kawamura
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Yasuharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: Yoshiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mochizuki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008172:Lung Diseases, Fungal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011018:Pneumonia, Pneumococcal / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed