title: Disseminated cryptococcosis presenting with generalized lymphadenopathy.
abstract: Cryptococcosis is a common opportunistic infection among immunocompromised individuals. Some of the commonly affected sites are respiratory and central nervous system. Lymph node is an unusual site of involvement which could mimic tuberculosis, as seen in our case. We report a 32-year-old male immunocompromised patient presenting with generalized lymphadenopathy who was clinically suspected to have tuberculous lymphadenitis. He was diagnosed to have disseminated cryptococcosis on fine needle aspiration cytology and fungal isolation on culture.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Pathology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
authors.forename: Kandathil Joseph
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Philip
authors.forename: Rupinder
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: Mohan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sangeetha
authors.forename: Kanwal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Masih
authors.forename: Navjot
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mani
keywords: Cryptococcosis; fine needle aspiration; immunocompromised; lymph node