title: Isolated adrenal cryptococcosis, diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration biopsy: a case report.
abstract: This report documents a case of isolated adrenal gland cryptococcosis without the often reported component of concomitant meningitis or Addison's disease in an immune competent patient. Furthermore, both the patient's lung cancer and adrenal infection with cryptococcus were incidentally discovered during work-up for syncope in the setting of hyponatremia. This case also underscores the diagnostic value of fine-needle aspiration biopsy in this unusual presentation.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cytopathology, North Shore Long Island Jewish Health System Laboratories, Lake Success, New York.
authors.forename: Rubina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cocker
authors.forename: Sean A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: McNair
authors.forename: Leonard
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kahn
authors.forename: Sean
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Xin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Ding
authors.forename: Vadim
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zeltsman
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sung
mesh_terms: D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
keywords: FNA biopsy; adrenal; cryptococcus