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Isolated Cardiac Cryptococcosis in an Immunocompetent Host

 

Isolated Cardiac Cryptococcosis in an Immunocompetent Host

Carlos Felipe Barrera-Ramirez1*, Angelica Noemi Diaz-Castano2, Hermes Ilarraza-Lomeli3, Luis Ramon Pineda-Pompa1, Maria Del Rayo Pacheco-Rios3 and Gabriel Rivera-Rios4

1Division of Interventional Cardiology, Centro Hospitalario La Concepcion, Saltillo, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico

2Infectology and Microbiology Service, Centro Hospitalario La Concepcion, Saltillo, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico

3Cardiac Rehabilitation Service, Instituto Nacional de Cardiologia, “Ignacio Chavez”, Mexico

4Radiology and Image Service, Centro Hospitalario La Concepcion, Saltillo, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico

*Corresponding author: Carlos Felipe Barrera-Ramirez, Division of Interventional Cardiology, Centro Hospitalario La Concepcion, Blvd. V. Carranza 4036-1H, Colonia Villa Olimpica, CP 25230, Saltillo, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico, E-mail: carlosfbarrera@yahoo.com

Received: May 27, 2020; Accepted: June 10, 2020; Published: July 03, 2020

Citation: Barrera-Ramirez CF, Diaz-Castano AN, Ilarraza-Lomelí H, et al. Isolated Cardiac Cryptococcosis in an Immunocompetent Host. Clin Image Case Rep J. 2020; 2(3): 116.

Abstract

Herein we inform an unusual case of an immunocompetent man who had a large pericardial effusion, tamponade and myocardial cryptococcomas due to isolated cardiac cryptococcosis. The patient was a man aged 61, who was admitted on January 28th, 2016. Type 2 diabetes mellitus 7 years of diagnosis. 30 pack-year smoking history. Worker of the iron industry for forty years. No history of tuberculosis exposure and pigeon breeding negative.

Keywords: Cardiac cryptococcosis; Immunocompetent host; Dyspnea

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