Cutaneous cryptococcal infection presenting as vulvar lesion.
A woman aged 60, who had been immunosuppressed since receiving a renal transplant 17 years before, developed a painless ulcerated lesion on her right labia majora. Cryptococcus neoformans was demonstrated by culture and biopsy of the lesion. This is the first reported case of a genital skin lesion caused by C neoformans.
Blocher
K S
KS
Department of Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington 40536.
Weeks
J A
JA
Noble
R C
RC
D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D014845:Vulvar Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology