An unusual cause of haemoptysis and headache: cryptococcosis

• Main Authors: How, Soon Hin, Kuan, Yeh Chunn, Ng, Teck Han, Ramachandran, Kalavathy, Abdul Rani, Mohammed Fauzi
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: College of Pathologists, Academy of Medicine Malaysia 2008
• Subjects: R Medicine (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/29438/1/An_unusual_cause_of_haemoptysis.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/29438/; http://www.mjpath.org.my/2008.2/11_Crypto.pdf

Pulmonary cryptococcosis can be clinically silent in non-HIV infected patients but can also present as nodules and masses on the chest radiograph, which can be mistaken for tuberculosis or lung cancer. Common symptoms include fever and cough, and uncommonly haemoptysis. This report illustrates a non...