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Cryptococcosis of the larynx

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

Lesley A. Smallman*
Affiliation:
The Department of Pathology, The Medical School, University of Birmingham
Olga P. R. Stores
Affiliation:
The Department of Pathology, The Medical School, University of Birmingham
M. G. Watson
Affiliation:
The Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
D. W. Proops
Affiliation:
The Department of Otorhinolaryngology, The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
*
Dr Lesley A. Smallman, Senior Lecturer in Pathology, Department of Pathology, The Medical School, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TJ

Abstract

An unusual case of cryptococcosis of the larynx is described in a non-immunocompromised patient. To our knowledge this is the second reported case in the literature.

Type
Clinical Records
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1989

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