Philip Kandathil Joseph, Kaur Rupinder, Sangeetha Mohan, Masih Kanwal, Singh Navjot, Mani Anna
Departments of Pathology, Christian Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
J Cytol. 2012 Jul;29(3):200-2. doi: 10.4103/0970-9371.101175.
Cryptococcosis is a common opportunistic infection among immunocompromised individuals. Some of the commonly affected sites are respiratory and central nervous system. Lymph node is an unusual site of involvement which could mimic tuberculosis, as seen in our case. We report a 32-year-old male immunocompromised patient presenting with generalized lymphadenopathy who was clinically suspected to have tuberculous lymphadenitis. He was diagnosed to have disseminated cryptococcosis on fine needle aspiration cytology and fungal isolation on culture.
隐球菌病是免疫功能低下个体中常见的机会性感染。一些常见的受累部位是呼吸道和中枢神经系统。淋巴结是不常见的受累部位，可能会模仿结核病，如我们的病例所示。我们报告一例32岁免疫功能低下男性患者，表现为全身淋巴结肿大，临床上怀疑患有结核性淋巴结炎。经细针穿刺细胞学检查和培养真菌分离，诊断为播散性隐球菌病。
