title: Limbal and choroidal Cryptococcus infection in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  A 30-year-old patient with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) had limbal nodules and multifocal choroidal lesions.
  
  
  METHODS
  A biopsy of the limbal nodules was performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The biopsy showed Cryptococcus neoformans surrounded by thick mucinous capsules without inflammatory cell infiltration.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In the differential diagnosis of limbal mass in patients with AIDS, cryptococcal infection should be considered.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Federal University of São Paulo-Paulista School of Medicine, Brazil.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Muccioli
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Belfort Júnior
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Neves
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Rao
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D000328:Adult; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000935:Antifungal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015862:Choroid Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D002833:Choroiditis / Q000209:etiology; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D016850:Limbus Corneae / Q000382:microbiology*; D008297:Male; D012166:Retinal Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D000935:Antifungal Agents; D000666:Amphotericin B