Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis in Egypt.
Neither systemic nor primary cutaneous cryptococcosis has ever been reported in Egypt. The case of a 14-year-old girl with a solitary primary cutaneous cryptococcosis lesion is presented. A surgical specimen proved the diagnosis, although the lesion resembled a rapidly growing epithelioma. Follow-up for 4 months did not reveal evidence of systemic involvement.
D000293:Adolescent; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004534:Egypt; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis