ArticleOxford medical case reports2018
An atypical initial presentation of AIDS as cryptococcal lymphadenitis.
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- Axillary lymphadenopathy in a liver transplant recipient: Initial manifestation of disseminated cryptococcosis.IDCases · 2022Article
- Dormancy in Cryptococcus neoformans: 60 years of accumulating evidence.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2020Review
- Multifocal cryptococcal disease in an HIV-infected patient: from diagnostic pursuit to management peculiarities.BMJ case reports · 2020Article
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Abstract
A patient complained of fever on and off, difficulty in swallowing and cough (with scanty expectoration) since one and a half months and weight loss over 2 months. On examination, pallor was found to be present. Then ultrasonography of abdomen was done and it showed mesenteric and retroperitoneal lymphadenopathy. Sputum for acid-fast Bacilli was examined and found to be negative but despite this, based on the epidemiological data, antitubercular therapy (ATT) was started but after 2 weeks no clinical improvement was found. Then, fine-needle aspiration cytology of lymph node was done and it resulted in the presence of cryptococcal lymphadenitis as the final report. Antifungal therapy was initiated with amphotericin B followed by fluconazole and there was clinical improvement. Ultrasonographical findings also supported it. Though it is a rare case (but not impossible) that cryptococcus is the cause of lymphadenopathy. Thus, in initial presentation of acquired immuno deficiency syndrome it should always be kept in mind that such cases may happen. In India, presuming
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