Abstract

Cryptococcoma is a rare entity, characterized by solid, space-occupying masses, usually found in the brain. It has been reported in the setting of “paradoxical” immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome. A case of retroperitoneal cryptococcoma in a HIV-infected woman with a clinical history of disseminated cryptococcosis on antifungal maintenance therapy is described.

Keywords: Cryptococcosis, cryptococcoma, fungal infections, HIV, IRIS, opportunistic infections, Cryptococuus neoformans, ubiquitous, dysfunction, meningoencephalitis, cerebellum, antiretroviral therapy, immunodeficiency virus (HIV), fatigue, a chest radiography, cervical, inguinal lymphoadenopathy, Chest radiography, glucorticoids