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  • Title: Imaging findings of cryptococcal infection of the thoracic spine.
    Author: Wang C, Jia N, Zhang L, Liu K, Liu H, Yu H.
    Journal: Int J Infect Dis; 2014 Dec; 29():162-5. PubMed ID: 25449251.
    Abstract:
    Cryptococcosis with thoracic spine involvement is extremely rare, with most cases occurring in immunosuppressed patients. We report a case of cryptococcosis of the thoracic vertebrae confirmed by histopathology. The immunocompetence of the patient is a most interesting feature of this case. Laboratory investigations were normal, but the erythrocyte sedimentation rate was raised. A computed tomography scan showed an eccentric lytic lesion with a clear boundary at T2-T3. Magnetic resonance imaging showed the endplates of the T2 and T3 vertebral bodies to be involved, but without significant loss of the intervertebral disk height. A prespinal and large paraspinal soft tissue component was spreading along T1-T4, and the pleura and dural sac at the level of T2-T3 had thickened abnormally. (18)F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography showed abnormal uptake in the lesion. The above-mentioned clinical and imaging information will help improve our understanding of this rare disease.
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