[Imaging Findings of Pulmonary Cryptococcosis]

Zhongguo Yi Xue Ke Xue Yuan Xue Bao. 2019 Dec 30;41(6):832-836. doi: 10.3881/j.issn.1000-503X.10985.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Pulmonary cryptococcosis(PC)is a fungal infection that can be easily misdiagnosed due to its non-specific clinical features and imaging findings.This article reviews the imaging findings of PC,their relationships with pathology and immune status,and differential diagnosis of PC with other disease,so as to improve the clinical management of PC.

Keywords: differential diagnosis; imaging findings; immune states; pulmonary cryptococcosis.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Cryptococcosis*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Lung Diseases, Fungal*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed