title: Bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia caused by capsule-deficient cryptococcosis.
abstract: A 67-year-old diabetic man presented with progressive multifocal myeloradiculopathy for 6 months, with no pulmonary symptoms. A chest x-ray and CT scan of the lungs revealed bilateral multiple nodular infiltrates in the right upper lobe and the lower lobes bilaterally, mimicking metastases. A thoracoscopic lung biopsy demonstrated bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia caused by capsule-deficient cryptococcosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. chavit_ch@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Chavit
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chantranuwat
authors.forename: Chanchai
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sittipunt
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D018549:Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male