Isolated cavitary lung disease in a renal allograft recipient: A rare manifestation of cryptococcus.
Although lungs are the portal of entry for cryptococcus, pulmonary disease is relatively uncommon. Cavitary pulmonary disease is even less common. We report a rare case of cryptococcosis with an isolated cavitary lung lesion in a renal allograft recipient.
Department of Nephrology, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
J S
JS
Sandhu
V
V
Makkar
P M
PM
Sohal
A
A
Singh
H
H
Kaur
J
J
Sandhu
Bronchoalveolar lavage; cavitary lung; pulmonary cryptococcus