Linfoadenitis criptococócica mesentérica: Una rara causa de abdomen agudo. Caso clínico

Cryptococcosis is an invasive mycotic infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans, an encapsulated, yeast-like fungus. It is considered an opportunist infection, since it mainly affects immunocompromised subjects. However there are isolated reports of the infection in immunocompetent subjects. Crypt...

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Autores principales:	TAPIA E,OSCAR, VILLASECA H,MIGUEL, ARAYA O,JUAN CARLOS
Lenguaje:	Spanish / Castilian
Publicado:	Sociedad Médica de Santiago 2010
Materias:	Cryptococcus neoformans HIV Mesenteric lymphadenitis
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spelling	oai:scielo:S0034-988720100013000102011-02-07Linfoadenitis criptococócica mesentérica: Una rara causa de abdomen agudo. Caso clínicoTAPIA E,OSCARVILLASECA H,MIGUELARAYA O,JUAN CARLOS Cryptococcus neoformans HIV Mesenteric lymphadenitis Cryptococcosis is an invasive mycotic infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans, an encapsulated, yeast-like fungus. It is considered an opportunist infection, since it mainly affects immunocompromised subjects. However there are isolated reports of the infection in immunocompetent subjects. Cryptococcal infection of intra-abdominal organs or tissues is extremely rare. We report a 21-year-old HIV positive male that, during the treatment of a meningeal cryptococcosis, presented a clinical picture of an acute abdomen suggesting acute appendicitis. The patient was operated, finding enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes forming conglomerates and a macroscopically normal appendix. The conglomerated lymph nodes and the appendix were excised. The pathological study of the surgical piece revealed an intra abdominal cryptococcal lymphadenitis and a normal appendix.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessSociedad Médica de SantiagoRevista médica de Chile v.138 n.12 20102010-12-01text/htmlhttp://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872010001300010es10.4067/S0034-98872010001300010
institution	Scielo Chile
collection	Scielo Chile
language	Spanish / Castilian
topic	Cryptococcus neoformans HIV Mesenteric lymphadenitis
spellingShingle	Cryptococcus neoformans HIV Mesenteric lymphadenitis TAPIA E,OSCAR VILLASECA H,MIGUEL ARAYA O,JUAN CARLOS Linfoadenitis criptococócica mesentérica: Una rara causa de abdomen agudo. Caso clínico
description	Cryptococcosis is an invasive mycotic infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans, an encapsulated, yeast-like fungus. It is considered an opportunist infection, since it mainly affects immunocompromised subjects. However there are isolated reports of the infection in immunocompetent subjects. Cryptococcal infection of intra-abdominal organs or tissues is extremely rare. We report a 21-year-old HIV positive male that, during the treatment of a meningeal cryptococcosis, presented a clinical picture of an acute abdomen suggesting acute appendicitis. The patient was operated, finding enlarged mesenteric lymph nodes forming conglomerates and a macroscopically normal appendix. The conglomerated lymph nodes and the appendix were excised. The pathological study of the surgical piece revealed an intra abdominal cryptococcal lymphadenitis and a normal appendix.
author	TAPIA E,OSCAR VILLASECA H,MIGUEL ARAYA O,JUAN CARLOS
author_facet	TAPIA E,OSCAR VILLASECA H,MIGUEL ARAYA O,JUAN CARLOS
author_sort	TAPIA E,OSCAR
title	Linfoadenitis criptococócica mesentérica: Una rara causa de abdomen agudo. Caso clínico
title_short	Linfoadenitis criptococócica mesentérica: Una rara causa de abdomen agudo. Caso clínico
title_full	Linfoadenitis criptococócica mesentérica: Una rara causa de abdomen agudo. Caso clínico
title_fullStr	Linfoadenitis criptococócica mesentérica: Una rara causa de abdomen agudo. Caso clínico
title_full_unstemmed	Linfoadenitis criptococócica mesentérica: Una rara causa de abdomen agudo. Caso clínico
title_sort	linfoadenitis criptococócica mesentérica: una rara causa de abdomen agudo. caso clínico
publisher	Sociedad Médica de Santiago
publishDate	2010
url	http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872010001300010
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Linfoadenitis criptococócica mesentérica: Una rara causa de abdomen agudo. Caso clínico

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