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1A Chest X-ray Image showing inhomogeneous patchy infiltrates in the right mid and lower zones. (1B,C,D) CT chest Image showing multiple nodules in the right lower lobe with patchy ground-glass opacifications.
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A Chest x-ray showed a right-sided ill-defined nodular infiltrate (Fig. 1A). The CT scan revealed scattered nodules and patchy ground-glass opacities in the right lower lobe (Fig. 1B,C,D).
2A: lung tissue showing non-necrotizing granulomatous inflammation (arrow) 2B showing cryptococcus organism with the characteristic thick capsule as stained by GMS fungal stain.
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Histopathology was noticeable for non-necrotizing granulomatous inflammation, and Grocott stain identified rounded organisms with a thick capsule consistent with cryptococcus neoformans (Fig. 2).