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CASE REPORT

Rare Hepatic Cryptococcosis Mimicked Metastatic Liver Cancer and Confirmed by Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing in an Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report

Mingyu Zhu1 Department of Gastroenterology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Qingling Wang2 Department of Infectious Disease, Mianyang Central Hospital, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Mianyang, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Mingjie Wang1 Department of Gastroenterology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Shengyu Wang3 Department of Radiology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Qiming Gong4 Department of Infectious Disease, Research Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Xinxin Zhang4 Department of Infectious Disease, Research Laboratory of Clinical Virology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of ChinaView further author information
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Li Chen1 Department of Gastroenterology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 5753-5758 | Received 16 Jul 2022, Accepted 23 Sep 2022, Published online: 30 Sep 2022

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