title: Cryptococcal lymphadenitis in HIV: a chance diagnosis by FNAC.
abstract: Cryptococcosis is a life threatening, opportunistic fungal disease in human immunodeficiency virus-infected individual. Lymph node involvement as a presenting feature in Cryptococcosis is not a common manifestation. A prompt diagnosis is of utmost importance in this disseminated form of cryptococcosis. There are very few reports, however, of cryptococcal lymphadenitis as a presenting feature. We report here a case of cryptococcal lymphadenitis that was diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration cytology of the involved cervical lymph node.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, SCB Medical College, Cuttack, Orissa, India. drpallavibhuyan@gmail.com
authors.forename: Pallavi
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bhuyan
authors.forename: Kaumudee
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Pattnaik
authors.forename: Asaranti
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kar
authors.forename: Rathish Chandra
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Brahma
authors.forename: Smita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mahapatra
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D000328:Adult; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008198:Lymph Nodes / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D009333:Neck