title: [Laryngeal cryptococcosis revealing AIDS: a case report].
abstract: The cryptococcal infection of the larynx is uncommon. We present a case of a 65-year-old woman who was seen because of chronic hoarseness. Direct laryngoscopy revealed an infected lesion of the laryngeal vestibule. Histologic examination showed yeasts surrounding by capsules allowing a diagnosis of laryngeal infection by cryptococcus neoformans. The patient had also meningitis and pulmonary localisation. We have undergone a risk factors research and this results in finding out that HIV serology was positive. She received a treatment with amphotericin B followed by fluconazole during 6 months with complete recovery of her laryngeal infection. The patient died 11 months after the AIDS diagnostic.
authors.affiliation: CHU Farhat Hached, Service ORL, 4000 Sousse, Tunsie. izeglaoui@yahoo.fr
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zeglaoui
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Belcadhi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mani
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sriha
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bouzouita
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000368:Aged; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology*