| pubmed-article:14756487 | rdf:type | pubmed:Citation | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | lifeskim:mentions | umls-concept:C0041296 | lld:lifeskim |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | lifeskim:mentions | umls-concept:C0010414 | lld:lifeskim |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | lifeskim:mentions | umls-concept:C0549207 | lld:lifeskim |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:issue | 6 | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:dateCreated | 2004-2-3 | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:abstractText | Infection with the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans is seen predominantly in two forms: (a) pulmonary and (b) cerebromeningeal. Skeletal cryptococcosis is uncommon. There have been only occasional case reports of thoracic vertebral cryptococcosis presenting as cord compression. A young female had cervical lymphadenopathy diagnosed as tuberculosis by fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) and was on antitubercular therapy (ATT) for 5 months. She developed rapidly progressive paraparesis and imaging demonstrated a destructive vertebral body lesion involving T2-3 with a paraspinal abscess producing cord compression. A costotransversectomy with excision of the diseased bone and bone grafting was done. Histopathological examination revealed cryptococcosis. The patient was put on antifungal medication, but expired 2 weeks after surgery. Radiological, magnetic resonance imaging and surgical finding of vertebral cryptococcosis can mimic tuberculosis. The definite diagnosis of cryptococcosis depends upon microscopic identification of the organism. A high index of suspicion leading to early surgical confirmation and institution of anti fungal therapy is necessary to reduce the mortality and morbidity. | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:language | eng | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:journal | http://linkedlifedata.com/r... | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:citationSubset | IM | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:status | MEDLINE | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:month | Dec | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:issn | 0268-8697 | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:author | pubmed-author:GuptaS KSK | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:author | pubmed-author:DasAA | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:author | pubmed-author:ChhabraRR | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:author | pubmed-author:SharmaB SBS | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:author | pubmed-author:KhoslaV KVK | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:issnType | Print | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:volume | 17 | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:owner | NLM | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:authorsComplete | Y | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:pagination | 556-9 | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:dateRevised | 2004-11-17 | lld:pubmed |
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| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:year | 2003 | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:articleTitle | Vertebral cryptococcosis simulating tuberculosis. | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:affiliation | Department of Neurosurgery, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India. | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:publicationType | Journal Article | lld:pubmed |
| pubmed-article:14756487 | pubmed:publicationType | Case Reports | lld:pubmed |
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