Abstract
Bilateral epipleural cryptococcosis is reported in a man with Hodgkin's disease. There was no pulmonary involvement by the fungus but pleural effusion was present. The organism was isolated in antemortem blood culture but could not be cultured at autopsy from the pleura after 6 days of treatment with amphotericin B and 5-fluorocytosine. The gross and microscopic morphology is described and compared with a previous case of unilateral epipleural cryptococcosis.
Sumario
Se reporta un caso de Criptococosis epipleural bilateral, en un hombre con enfermedad de Hodgkin. Se encontró derrame pleural bilateral, pero compromiso pulmonar debido al hongo no due hallado. El organismo se aisló en los cultivos antemortem, pero no en los cultivos de pleura, tomados durante la autopsia, despues de seis dias de tratamiento con Amfotericina-B y 5-Fluorocitosina. Se describe la morfología macro y microscópica, y se compara con un caso previo de Criptococosis epipleural unilateral.