Suhas H S, Utpat Ketaki, Desai Unnati, Vedpathak Manoj, Joshi Jyotsna M
Department of Pulmonary Medicine, TNMC and BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Department of Microbiology, TNMC and BYL Nair Hospital, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
Lung India. 2018 May-Jun;35(3):256-258. doi: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_397_17.
Cryptococcosis is a menacing opportunistic infection most commonly affecting immunocompromised individuals. Its occurrence in immunocompetant individuals is uncustomary. Disseminated cryptococcosis is subtile in immunocompetent individuals. Cryptococcosis presenting with myriad of symptoms with involvement of lung, meninges, hematological system is rare. We present to you a unique case of disseminated cryptococcosis presenting as bilateral pulmonary nodular opacities with peripheral eosinophilia and meningitis along with a narration of the enthralling diagnostic process.