Pulmonary cryptococcosis mimicking pulmonary metastases in a patient treated with Tegafur-uracil after lung cancer surgery

Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2005 Jul;53(7):369-71. doi: 10.1007/s11748-005-0052-4.

Abstract

A 71-year-old man who had undergone surgery for stage II adenocarcinoma of the lung followed by adjuvant tegafur-uracil (UFT; 300 mg/day) therapy was admitted. Multiple nodules were found in both lungs on chest radiographs obtained 1.5 years after the surgery. Imaging characteristics of the nodules resembled those of pulmonary metastases. Histologic assessment of a biopsy specimen obtained during thoracoscopic resection revealed pulmonary cryptococcosis. The patient was administered 200 mg/day fluconazole for 6 months. Physicians need to be aware of the possibility of pulmonary cryptococcosis mimicking pulmonary metastases in patients treated with UFT after surgery for lung cancer.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / diagnosis*
  • Adenocarcinoma / therapy*
  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use*
  • Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Cryptococcosis / diagnosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal / diagnosis*
  • Lung Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Lung Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Male
  • Tegafur / therapeutic use
  • Uracil / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Tegafur
  • Uracil

Supplementary concepts

  • 1-UFT protocol