Jashan Sandhu
1, Jasvinder Singh Sandhu
1*, Harpreet Kaur Puri
1, Manish Munjal
11 Department of Nephrology, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, India
Abstract
Cryptococcosis commonly involves central nervous system and lungs in organ transplant recipients. Isolated laryngeal infection is extremely rare. We report a rare case of cryptococcus in a renal allograft recipient that clinically presented with hoarseness of voice and mimicked laryngeal carcinoma on examination.
Implication for health policy/practice/research/medical education:
Cryptococcosis commonly involves central nervous system and lungs in organ transplant recipients. Isolated laryngeal infection is extremely rare. This is a rare case of cryptococcus in a renal allograft recipient that clinically presented with hoarseness of voice and mimicked laryngeal carcinoma on examination.
Please cite this paper as: Sandhu J, Sandhu JS, Kaur Puri H, Munjal M. Laryngeal cryptococcus: a rare cause of hoarseness in renal allograft recipient. J Nephropharmacol. 2017;6(1):27-29.