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Cryptococcosis of thoracic vertebra simulating tuberculosis: Diagnosis by fine‐needle aspiration biopsy cytology—a case report
Author(s) -
Jain Manjula,
Sharma Sunita,
Jain Trilochan Singh
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-0339(199906)20:6<385::aid-dc12>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - medicine , cryptococcosis , vertebra , fine needle aspiration , cryptococcus neoformans , cytology , biopsy , tuberculosis , cryptococcus , pathology , radiology , computed tomographic , surgery , computed tomography , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics
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. Diagn. Cytopathol. 1999;20:385–386. © 1999 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.