Cutaneous cryptococcosis resembling molluscum contagiosum in a patient with AIDS

Rico, M. J.

doi:10.1001/archderm.121.7.901

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“…These lesions are polymorphous and therefore not diagnostic. Nodules, ulcers, cellulitis, draining sinus tracts and lesions mimicking Kaposi's sarcoma, molluscum contagiosum, herpes simplex, varicella and pyoderma grangrenosum are among the variety of lesions that have been reported [4,6,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. In our case, the lesion simulated a keloid.…”

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Cutaneous Cryptococcosis Mimicking Keloid

Hecker¹,

Weinberg²

2001

Dermatology

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“…Cutaneous findings occur in approximately 10-15% of immunocompromised patients with disseminated disease and may be the first sign of infection [9,10]. These lesions are polymorphous and therefore not diagnostic.…”

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Cutaneous Cryptococcosis Mimicking Keloid

Hecker¹,

Weinberg²

2001

Dermatology

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“…Previous studies showed that C. neoformans is a frequent and virulent pathogen among patients with AIDS [2][3][4]. Some authors described cutaneous cryptococcosis in patients suffering from AIDS with different clinical manifestations [5,6]. To our knowl edge, only in one hemophilia A patient with AIDS a cutaneous cryptococcosis resembling molluscum contagiosum has been described [7].…”

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Rhinophyma-Like Cryptococcal Infection as an Early Manifestation of AIDS in a Hemophilia B Patient

M¹,

Sartori²,

Carretta

et al. 1990

Acta Haematol

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A hemophilia B patient, seropositive for HIV antibodies since 1984, came to us in March 1989 with a severe necrotizing lesion of the nose. It was an erythematous lesion and looked like rhinophyma. Microbiological examination of the skin biopsy showed the presence of Cryptococcus neoformans. At the time of the study, the patient was in partial remission after 2 weeks of therapy with fluconazole per os 400 mg/day. He will be treated with the same therapy at maintenance dose (200 mg/day) for a long period.

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“…7 Lesions in cutaneous cryptococcosis occur most frequently on the head and neck and are nonspecific, having been described as nodules, papules, pustules, acneiform papules and pustules, molluscum contagiosum-like papules, herpeticlike vesiculation, ulceration, and cellulitis. 2,6,9,11 Because of the varied morphological appearance of the lesions, a high index of suspicion for cryptococcosis is mandatory for any immunocompromised patient with new skin lesions.…”

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