Plain and contrast‑enhanced chest computed tomography scan findings of pulmonary cryptococcosis in immunocompetent patients
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Plain and contrast-enhanced chest computed tomography scan findings of pulmonary cryptococcosis in immunocompetent patients.
Pulmonary cryptococcosis is most commonly reported in immunocompromised patients, whereas immunocompetent hosts are rarely affected and may be asymptomatic, resulting in reduced diagnostic performance of computed tomography (CT) imaging. Thus, the aim of the present study was to review the plain and contrast-enhanced chest CT scan findings of primary pulmonary cryptococcosis in immunocompetent ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1792-0981,1792-1015
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2017.5096