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==Chest X-Ray== | ==Chest X-Ray== | ||
*Chest radiography in a patient with pulmonary cryptococcosis may demonstrate interstitial infiltrates or pleural effusion and hilar lymphadenopathy.<ref name="pmid9480480">{{cite journal| author=Balloul E, Couderc LJ, Molina JM, Cahite I, Wolff M, Saimot AG et al.| title=[Pulmonary cryptococcosis during HIV infection. 15 cases]. | journal=Rev Mal Respir | year= 1997 | volume= 14 | issue= 5 | pages= 365-70 | pmid=9480480 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9480480 }} </ref> | *Chest radiography in a patient with pulmonary cryptococcosis may demonstrate interstitial infiltrates or pleural effusion and hilar lymphadenopathy.<ref name="pmid9480480">{{cite journal| author=Balloul E, Couderc LJ, Molina JM, Cahite I, Wolff M, Saimot AG et al.| title=[Pulmonary cryptococcosis during HIV infection. 15 cases]. | journal=Rev Mal Respir | year= 1997 | volume= 14 | issue= 5 | pages= 365-70 | pmid=9480480 | doi= | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=9480480 }} </ref> | ||
*Other less common findings that can be present on chest X-Ray in patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis include: | |||
**Nonspecific segmental pneumonias | |||
**Cavitation | |||
**Lymphadenopathy | |||
**Pleural effusion | |||
**Generalized miliary disease | |||
==Gallery== | ==Gallery== | ||
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Overview
Chest X-Ray
- Chest radiography in a patient with pulmonary cryptococcosis may demonstrate interstitial infiltrates or pleural effusion and hilar lymphadenopathy.[1]
- Other less common findings that can be present on chest X-Ray in patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis include:
- Nonspecific segmental pneumonias
- Cavitation
- Lymphadenopathy
- Pleural effusion
- Generalized miliary disease
Gallery
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![Anteroposterior (AP) x-ray revealed the telltale signs of non-encapsulated pulmonary cryptococcosis. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/images/7/74/Cryptococcosis04.jpeg)
Anteroposterior (AP) x-ray revealed the telltale signs of non-encapsulated pulmonary cryptococcosis. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]
![Anteroposterior (AP) x-ray revealed the telltale signs of non-encapsulated pulmonary cryptococcosis. From Public Health Image Library (PHIL). [2]](/index.php/File:Cryptococcosis04.jpeg)
References
- ↑ Balloul E, Couderc LJ, Molina JM, Cahite I, Wolff M, Saimot AG; et al. (1997). "[Pulmonary cryptococcosis during HIV infection. 15 cases]". Rev Mal Respir. 14 (5): 365–70. PMID 9480480.
- ↑ "Public Health Image Library (PHIL)".