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Isolated adrenal cryptococcosis, diagnosed by fine‐needle aspiration biopsy: A case report
Author(s) -
Cocker Rubina,
McNair Sean A.,
Kahn Leonard,
Kwon Sean,
Ding Xin,
Zeltsman Vadim,
Sung Chris
Publication year - 2014
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/dc.23079
Subject(s) - medicine , cryptococcosis , fine needle aspiration , hyponatremia , cryptococcus , biopsy , cryptococcus neoformans , presentation (obstetrics) , concomitant , work up , adrenal insufficiency , adrenal gland , pathology , general surgery , radiology , surgery , genetics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
This report documents a case of isolated adrenal gland cryptococcosis without the often reported component of concomitant meningitis or Addison's disease in an immune competent patient. Furthermore, both the patient's lung cancer and adrenal infection with cryptococcus were incidentally discovered during work‐up for syncope in the setting of hyponatremia. This case also underscores the diagnostic value of fine‐needle aspiration biopsy in this unusual presentation. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2014;42:899–901. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.