Author/Authors :
Yang, Dengfa Department of Radiology - Taizhou Municipal Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China , Yu, Lianhua Department of Laboratory Medicine - Taizhou Municipal Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China , Luo, Jianhua Department of Respiratory Medicine - Taizhou Municipal Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China , Shen, Jianmin Department of Radiology - Taizhou Municipal Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China , Wang, Dongguo Department of Central Laboratory - Taizhou Municipal Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China , Kuang, Pingding Department of Radiology - the Second Affiliated Hospital - Medical School of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China , Fu, Gangzhe Department of Radiology - the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China
Abstract :
Considering the insufficient understanding of pulmonary cryptococcosis (PC) with consolidation, 22 patients were evaluated based on the chest computed tomography (CT) images and clinical manifestation. The clinical symptoms were mild, mainly manifesting as cough and sputum. Pulmonary lesions mostly involved a single lobe in a single lung with multiple lesions. Specifically, single lung involvement was observed in 17 cases, single lobe in 16 cases and multiple lesions in 14 case. Fifteen cases were mainly distributed in the periphery and 17 cases in the long axis in parallel to the pleura. Nineteen cases had air bronchograms. Eight cases displayed cavitation inside the lesions and 18 cases had surrounding halo signs. Seventeen cases had pleural thickening, of which 10 cases had “pasting wall” signs. The clinical symptoms of PC with consolidation were relatively mild. Comprehensive clinical and imaging performance could improve the diagnosis of the disease.
Keywords :
Consolidation , X-ray computed tomography , Pulmonary , Cryptococcosis
