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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0028-3746</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Neumología y cirugía de tórax]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Neumol. cir. torax]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0028-3746</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Sociedad Mexicana de Neumología y Cirugía de Tórax; Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias Ismael Cosío Villegas; Sociedad Cubana de Neumología; Sociedad Paraguaya de Neumología; Sociedad Boliviana de Neumología.]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0028-37462022000200144</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.35366/108503</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Criptococoma pulmonar gigante en paciente inmunocompetente: reporte de caso]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Giant lung cryptococcoma in immunocompetent patient: case report]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Mestre-Orozco]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Laura]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vicuña-González]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Rosa María]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Domínguez-Sosa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Freddy Rafael]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López-Valdés]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Julio César]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Petróleos Mexicanos Hospital Central Sur de Alta Especialidad ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>81</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>144</fpage>
<lpage>146</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0028-37462022000200144&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0028-37462022000200144&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0028-37462022000200144&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: La criptococosis pulmonar es una entidad poco frecuente, cuya epidemiología en México no se encuentra del todo descrita. Se presenta como complicación de la infección por VIH u otros cuadros de inmunosupresión. Se expone el caso de un hombre joven, inmunocompetente, quien inició con manifestaciones neurológicas y se evidenció un criptococoma pulmonar gigante. Este caso representa un ejemplo habitual de la criptococosis pulmonar, cuyo inicio clínico suele ser incipiente hasta presentar manifestaciones sistémicas asociadas con la infección. La particularidad del caso aquí descrito se relaciona a que aun sin presentar inmunocompromiso, la afectación pulmonar fue importante y hubo progresión a meningitis con déficit neurológico asociado, que llevó a complicaciones y resección pulmonar.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: Lung cryptococcosis is a rare entity whose epidemiology hasn&#8217;t been entirely reported in Mexico. It is frequently found as a complication of HIV or other cases of immunosuppression. We present a case of a young immunocompetent man who debuted with neurological manifestations and was later found to have a giant lung cryptococcoma. This is a particularly interesting case because although the clinical manifestations were normal, the patient was not immunocompromised and the lung damage was important with later development of meningitis that led to complications and a lung resection.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[criptococoma]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[gigante]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[pulmón]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[inmunocompetente]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[cryptococcoma]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[giant]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[lung]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[immunocompetent]]></kwd>
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