Ferraioli Giovanna, Cavanna Caterina, Ricciardi Manjula, Daffara Silvio, Sangiovanni Laura, Filice Carlo, Barbarini Giorgio
Ultrasound Unit - Infectious Diseases Department, IRCCS Fondazione Policlinico S. Matteo - University of Pavia, Via Taramelli 5, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Curr HIV Res. 2011 Jan;9(1):28-30. doi: 10.2174/157016211794582614.
Cryptococcoma is a rare entity, characterized by solid, space-occupying masses, usually found in the brain. It has been reported in the setting of "paradoxical" immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome. A case of retroperitoneal cryptococcoma in a HIV-infected woman with a clinical history of disseminated cryptococcosis on antifungal maintenance therapy is described.
隐球菌瘤是一种罕见的病症,其特征为实性占位性肿块,通常见于脑部。已有报道称其发生于“矛盾性”免疫重建炎症综合征的情况下。本文描述了一例接受抗真菌维持治疗的、有播散性隐球菌病临床病史的HIV感染女性患者发生腹膜后隐球菌瘤的病例。