Cryptococcal Infection Combined with Cholesteatoma.
- Author:
Moo Jin CHOO
1
;
See Ok SHIN
;
Sang Kwon YANG
;
Hong Ryul JIN
Author Information
1. Department of Otolaryngology, College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju, Korea. mjchoo@med.chung.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cryptococcus;
Cholesteatoma
- MeSH:
Cholesteatoma*;
Cryptococcus;
Cryptococcus neoformans;
Female;
Hearing Loss;
Humans;
Meningitis;
Middle Aged;
Mortality;
Opportunistic Infections;
Vertigo
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
1999;42(5):639-642
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Cryptococcus neoformans is a yeast-like organism causing opportunistic infection in the immunocompromized host. Men-ingitis is the most frequent manifestation and causes serious morbidity and mortality. Other sites are less commonly involved. There have been a few cases presenting hearing loss and vertigo as a result of the extension of meningitis through the internal auditory canal. Authors report a case of cryptococcal infection combined with cholesteatoma that developed in a 54-year-old woman who did not have either evidence of immunocompromised state or pathological signs of cryptococcal infection. Cryptococcus neoformans was incidentally found in the keratinized layer of cholesteatoma.
