… Isolated (localized) cryptococcal osteomyelitis is extremely uncommon, especially in
immunocompetent patients.We report a case of localized cryptococcal osteomyelitis of the humerus …

… -old man with cryptococcal osteomyelitis of the humeral diaphysis. … , treatment of isolated
cryptococcal osteomyelitis with only … clinic, the left humeral osteolytic lesion gradually healed 6 …

… recovery and undetectable serum cryptococcal antigen. Cryptococcal osteomyelitis should
be suspected in any immunocompetent patient with osteolytic lesions on radiological images. …

… humerus demonstrated a radiolucency of the mid-diaphysis with endosteal scalloping and
periosteal reaction (Fig. 2). The MRI revealed an enhancing mass in the humeral … lesion, and …

… to have cryptococcal osteomyelitis of … lesions with vertebrae being the most common site. [
1 , 5 ] The most common radiological presentation of cryptococcal osteomyelitis is a lytic lesion …

… : Osteomyelitis due to Cryptococcus neoformans typically exhibits lytic lesions on radi…
Radiologic studies exhibited a lytic humeral lesion with extensive periosteal reaction, interpreted as …

… Incision and drainage of the lesion was performed. The … suspected osteomyelitis of the right
humerus and right tibia. … arm and right leg revealed osteolytic lesions over the lower end of …

… cryptococcal osteomyelitis should be considered in the differential diagnosis of osteolytic
lesions … mostly involves vertebrae, femur, tibia, rib, clavicle, pelvis, and humerus[15]. The ulna is …

… and other neoplastic lesions.There have been very few cases reported of skeletal cryptococcosis
and to our knowledge and extensive research the involvement of humerus and clavicle …

… of patients with disseminated cryptococcosis 3 . Moreover, cryptococcal osteomyelitis that
affects the humerus represents only 5.4% of skeletal cryptococcal lesions, and problems such …