Isolated Cardiac Cryptococcosis in an Immunocompetent Host

Case Report

Volume 2, Issue 3 (August Issue)

Isolated Cardiac Cryptococcosis in an Immunocompetent Host

Carlos Felipe Barrera-Ramirez^1*, 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.

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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