CRYPTOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA SIMULATING CHRONIC EOSINOPHILIC PNEUMONIA

Authors
STARR JC CHE H MONTGOMERY J
Citation
Jc. Starr et al., CRYPTOCOCCAL PNEUMONIA SIMULATING CHRONIC EOSINOPHILIC PNEUMONIA, Southern medical journal, 88(8), 1995, pp. 845-846
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, General & Internal
Journal title
Southern medical journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
00384348
Volume
88
Issue
8
Year of publication
1995
Pages
845 - 846
Database
ISI
SICI code
0038-4348(1995)88:8<845:CPSCEP>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
We report two cases of cryptococcal pneumonia in which the roentgenogr aphic picture closely mimicked that for chronic eosinophilic pneumonia . Caution in the use of corticosteroids based on this: roentgenographi c pattern is stressed.