title: Secondary cutaneous cryptococcosis: case report and review of 22 cases.
abstract: A 51-year-old immunosuppressed man presented with ulcerations of the abdominal wall. Biopsy of the ulcer margin was necessary for the diagnosis of cutaneous cryptococcosis. Since a variety of opportunistic organisms can present with non-specific cutaneous lesions, these infections must be ruled out by tissue diagnosis of all immunosuppressed patients. A review of 22 additional cases is included together with electron microscopic findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology and Syphilogy, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI 48201.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barfield
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Iacobelli
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
mesh_terms: D000009:Abdominal Muscles / Q000473:pathology / Q000648:ultrastructure; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged