This is a case of disseminated cryptococcosis with gastrointestinal and thyroid involvement. This case illustrates that gastrointestinal and thyroid involvement may be an under-recognized phenomenon. Suspicion should be high in an immunocompromised patient with odynophagia and a thyroid nodule and warrants further investigation by endoscopy and fine needle aspiration biopsy.
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