A Case Report on Solitary Pulmonary Cryptococcoma: Synergistic Approach towards this Rare and Highly Misdiagnosed Entity

Abstract

Solitary Pulmonary Cryptococcoma without diffuse infiltration of the lung is an extremely rare manifestation of cryptococcosis, even in immunosuppressed individuals. This report presents an immunocompetent elderly man with a large solitary right lung mass, preoperatively diagnosed as inflammatory lesion with granuloma on CT guided biopsy, later proved to be Cryptococcoma on histopathological examination after Right Postero-lateral Exploratory Thoracotomy and Excision of the Mass.