title: [Resected Pulmonary Cryptococcosis Suspected as Lung Cancer;Report of a Case].
abstract: We report a case of pulmonary cryptococcosis suspected of lung cancer. A 65-year-old woman had an abnormal shadow on chest X-ray. A solitary nodule, 12 mm in size, with pleural indentation and spicula in S3 of the left lung was found on chest computed tomography. A serum cryptococcal antigen was negative. An abnormal accumulation of fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose(FDG)in the nodule was found with the standardized uptake value (SUV) max 5.04, suggesting lung cancer. The nodule was diagnosed as pulmonary cryptococcosis by surgical resection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyushu Central Hospital of the Mutual Aid Association of Public School Teachers, Fukuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jogo
authors.forename: Genkichi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: Dai
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kitagawa
authors.forename: Nao
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kinjo
authors.forename: Toshihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Naoko Iwahashi
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Kondo
authors.forename: Seiichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Teramoto
authors.forename: Eisuke
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: Yoichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Mari
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mine
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed