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Cryptococcosis of thoracic vertebra simulating tuberculosis: Diagnosis by fine-needle aspiration biopsy cytology—a case report

✍ Scribed by Manjula Jain; Sunita Sharma; Trilochan Singh Jain

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1999
Tongue
English
Weight
62 KB
Volume
20
Category
Article
ISSN
8755-1039

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✦ Synopsis

A rare case of cryptococcosis of sixth thoracic vertebra (T 6 ) along with pulmonary involvement in an old diabetic patient is presented. The infection resulted in lytic lesion of T 6 vertebra and girdle pain. A computerized tomographic (CT) guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) cytology was performed, which showed encapsulated fungal spores of Cryptococcus neoformans with granulomatous reaction, later confirmed by fungal culture.

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