[Cryptococcosis in a female patient with angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy and dysproteinemia].
A case of a 72-year-old woman affected by angioimmunoblastic lymphadenopathy with dysproteinemia is described. She was admitted to the hospital for serious cutaneous lesions and dementia. The patient had been treated with corticosteroids for the previous two years. Cryptococcosis was diagnosed by cutaneous biopsy. Antimycotic therapy together with corticosteroid withdrawal cured the cutaneous lesions and improved her psychiatric symptoms.
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Clinica Medica III, Università degli Studi di Torino.
Romano
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Gorzegno
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D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001796:Blood Protein Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D003704:Dementia / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007119:Immunoblastic Lymphadenopathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D012867:Skin / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology
Criptococcosi in una paziente affetta da linfoadenopatia angioimmunoblastica con disproteinemia.