Case Report

Cryptococcal Pneumonia Simulating Chronic Eosinophilic Pneumonia

Authors: JOHN C. STARR MD, HUNG CHE MD, JOHN MONTGOMERY MD

Abstract

ABSTRACT: We report two cases of cryptococcal pneumonia in which the roentgenographic picture closely mimicked that for chronic eosinophilic pneumonia. Caution in the use of corticosteroids based on this roentgenographic pattern is stressed.

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