Pan Jiong-Wei, Zhang Ning, Jin Yuan-Hong, Ye Zai-Ting, Ma Miao-Qun, Cai Xiao-Ping, Cao Zhuo
Department of Respiratory, Lishui People's Hospital Zhejiang, No. 107 Liandu Jiguang Street, Lishui 323000, PR China.
Trop Doct. 2013 Oct;43(4):144-7. doi: 10.1177/0049475513502960. Epub 2013 Oct 4.
We present a case of pulmonary cryptococcosis presenting as wandering multiple bilateral shadows and hilar and mediastinal lymph node enlargement in which the fluconazole treatment suppressed the symptoms. This case illustrates the complex nature of immunological responses in the lungs and highlights the need to consider the existence of cryptococcal allergies.