Case Report Cryptococcus laurentii Diarrhea in a Neoplastic Patient

Copyright © 2015 Franco Calista et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. We present a rare case of diarrhea and neutropenia caused by Cryptococcus laurentii (C. laurentii) infection in old patient with metastatic rectal cancer who underwent FOLFOXplus Cetuximab chemotherapy.C. laurentii is an extremely rare human pathogen. To the best of our knowledge, here, we report the first case of diarrhea and neutropenia caused by C. laurentii in a 74-year-old man with metastatic rectal cancer and hepatic metastases who underwent FOLFOX plus Cetuximab chemotherapy. 1

Case Report Cryptococcus laurentii Diarrhea in a Neoplastic Patient

We present a rare case of diarrhea and neutropenia caused by Cryptococcus laurentii (C. laurentii) infection in old patient with metastatic rectal cancer who underwent FOLFOX plus Cetuximab chemotherapy. C. laurentii is an extremely rare human pathogen. To the best of our knowledge, here, we report the first case of diarrhea and neutropenia caused by C. laurentii in a 74-year-old man with metastatic rectal cancer and hepatic metastases who underwent FOLFOX plus Cetuximab chemotherapy

Cryptococcus laurentii Diarrhea in a Neoplastic Patient

We present a rare case of diarrhea and neutropenia caused by Cryptococcus laurentii (C. laurentii) infection in old patient with metastatic rectal cancer who underwent FOLFOX plus Cetuximab chemotherapy. C. laurentii is an extremely rare human pathogen. To the best of our knowledge, here, we report the first case of diarrhea and neutropenia caused by C. laurentii in a 74-year-old man with metastatic rectal cancer and hepatic metastases who underwent FOLFOX plus Cetuximab chemotherapy

Leiomyosarcoma of the inferior vena cava

Inferior vena cava leiomyosarcoma is a rare malignant mesenchymal tumor that originates from the smooth muscle cells of the venous media and is more frequent in females in the V-VI decade of life. Due to scarce and specific symptoms, diagnosis is not simple, and often metastases to the liver, lungs, and/or lymph nodes are already present. A 44-year-old male patient arrives at our institution presenting diffuse abdominal pain and a sense of weight associated with lumbar pain. He showed nothing relevant except for a moderate consumption of alcohol. Ultrasound examination of the abdomen revealed liver enlargement with hyperechoic nodularity and clear margins. Furthermore, the presence of a voluminous solid nodular formation was found, with an inhomogeneous echostructure and moderate vascularization on Doppler. Inferior vena cava leiomyosarcoma is a rare malignancy. The diagnosis is usually established after surgery, however, recurrences are common and the role of chemoradiation therapy remains to be defined. The only potential treatment is surgical resection with possible vessel reconstruction and en bloc removal of adjacent structures with 5 and 10-year survival rates of 49% and 29%, respectively