Isolated pulmonary cryptococcosis may be observed without specific therapy in asymptomatic immunocompetent hosts. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

CONCLUSIONS: In pulmonary cryptococcosis patients, the presence of fever, interstitial abnormalities on CXR or pleural effusion should lead clinicians to suspect disseminated infection. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 58-year-old man presented with right chest pain, anorexia, general malaise, and fever. Chest computed tomography showed a mass lesion with right middle lobe atelectasis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Immunosuppressed patients may present with mild-to-moderate symptoms, including fever, malaise, dry cough, chest pain. Severe infection may lead to pneumonia or adult respiratory distress syndrome. [dermnetnz.org]

Patients with cryptococcal pneumonia often experience cough, chest pains, low-grade fever, malaise, and shortness of breath. [verywell.com]

Central nervous system involvement is the most common manifestation of disseminated disease. [6] Common presenting features include a headache, fever, and malaise. Our case is also presented with similar clinical features. [jmedscindmc.com]

PC can cause vague symptoms such as fever, malaise, weight loss, dyspnea, or cough, or can be asymptomatic. Fever was much more common in immunocompromised patients than in immunocompetent patients (P 0.019). [jtd.amegroups.com]

This case report describes a case of primary pulmonary cryptococcosis in an immunocompetent individual who presented with left upper lobe collapse due to endobronchial occlusion. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Primary pulmonary cryptococcosis presenting as endobronchial tumor with left upper lobe collapse. J Chin Med Assoc 2005;68:33-6. [ PubMed ] Song KD, Lee KS, Chung MP, et al. Pulmonary cryptococcosis: imaging findings in 23 non-AIDS patients. [jtd.amegroups.com]

RESULTS: All patients had no respiratory or constitutional symptoms. The most common radiological findings were pulmonary nodules, and the number of nodules in each patient was from 1 to 9. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

An 81-year-old man being treated with weekly low dose methotrexate (MTX) for psoriasis was admitted with a 2-month history of cough, shortness of breath and 7% eosinophilia in the peripheral blood. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Morris Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005 - Medical - 647 pages The thoroughly revised, updated Sixth Edition of this Spiral Manual is a complete, convenient, practical guide to diagnosis and management of pulmonary disorders. [books.google.com]

Clinical disease of the lungs by Cryptococcus spp was reported in pulmonary disorders like tuberculosis of lungs, pneumothorax and allergic bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis. [omicsonline.org]

In some cases, there may also be weight loss, swollen lymph glands ( lymphadenopathy ), rapid breathing ( tachypnea ), and audible crackles in the lung (rales). [verywell.com]

Physical examination may reveal lymphadenopathy, tachypnea, or rales. [hivinsite.ucsf.edu]

Immunosuppressed patients may present with mild-to-moderate symptoms, including fever, malaise, dry cough, chest pain. Severe infection may lead to pneumonia or adult respiratory distress syndrome. [dermnetnz.org]

The patient had felt well until two weeks before her admission, when she began to experience a dry cough, dyspnea and pleuritic pain. [kjim.org]

The majority of patients with pulmonary cryptococcosis are asymptomatic or simply report cough, scant sputum production, fever, dyspnoea and chest pain ,,, indistinguishable from other causes of pneumonia (reviewed in Chang et al. ). [hivmanagement.ashm.org.au]

A male patient with no clinical evidence of immunodeficiency presented with a 3-week history of abdominal distension accompanied by oedema of recurring lower extremities. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

CONCLUSIONS: This study suggested that pulmonary nodules but not diffuse pneumonia are the most common radiological characteristics of HIV-associated PC. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The most common radiographic abnormalities were multiple pulmonary nodules or masses, seen in 8 and 5 cases of patients respectively. 14 patients received specific therapy for Cryptococcus neoformans. Two patients died. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Pulmonary cryptococcosis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of solitary or multiple pulmonary nodules (with or without associated CT halo sign), particularly in immunocompromised patients. From the Departments of Radiology (S. E. [journals.lww.com]

The most common radiographic characteristics of pulmonary cryptococcosis consist of solitary or multiple pulmonary nodules or mass, segmental or lobar consolidation, or reticulonodular pattern ( 7 ). [jtd.amegroups.com]

Persons with Cushing's syndrome and a pulmonary infiltrate should be examined for infection with Cryptococcus neoformans in addition to an examination for ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone production. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Three subjects with underlying diseases (AIDS) were misdiagnosed with viral infection or Pneumocystis carinii infection, because the bilateral lung lesions involved diffuse pulmonary infiltrates, and a 2-week ganciclovir or caspofungin therapy was not [elynsgroup.com]

Furthermore, the serum cryptococcus antigen was negative. Therefore, thoracoscopic partial lung resection was performed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]