Cryptococcosis complicating multiple myeloma
Reyes, F.M.; Bermúdez, R.H.
Boletin de la Asociacion Medica de Puerto Rico 60(11): 560-565
1968
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-4849 PMID: 5251094 Document Number: 700074
A case is reported of disseminated Cryptococcus neoformans infection in a 68-yr-old man with multiple myeloma under treatment with rnelphalan and iprednisone. The pathology of the massive pulmonary and tracheobronchial lymph node infection is described stressing the minimal tissue reaction to the fungus and the muooid appearance of the lesions. The usefulness of the PAS stain in diagnosis is discussed.