A Case of Cryptococcal Tenosynovitis in a Patient with Wegener's Granulomatosis.
- Author:
Son Mi CHUNG
1
;
Eun Young LEE
;
Chang Keun LEE
;
Dae Woon EOM
;
Bin YOO
;
Hee Bom MOON
Author Information
1. Division of Allergy and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. byoo@amc.seoul.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cryptococcus neoformans;
Tenosynovitis;
Wegener's granulomatosis
- MeSH:
Cryptococcosis;
Cryptococcus neoformans;
Cyclophosphamide;
Humans;
Immunocompromised Host;
Lung;
Tenosynovitis*;
Wegener Granulomatosis*
- From:The Journal of the Korean Rheumatism Association
2004;11(1):66-71
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Cryptococcosis, a disseminated illness due to Cryptococcus neoformans in most case, is an opportunistic systemic fungal infection that frequently infects the immunosuppressed host. Although it can cause disease in immunocompetent as well as immunocompromised hosts, the later group, particulary those with cell-mediated immune defects, are the greatest risk for severe disseminated disease. Cryptococcal tenosynovitis is extremely rare, with only 2 cases previously documented in the English literature. In this paper we report a case of cryptococcal tenosynovitis with multiple lung nodules in the setting of cryptococcemia in a patient with Wegener's granulomatosis who has been treated with steroid, oral cyclophosphamide for one year.
