Necrotising cryptococcal vasculitis in an HIV-negative woman.
An 84-year-old woman with a past medical history significant for haemolytic anaemia necessitating chronic steroid therapy presented with skin induration and erythema initially thought to be cellulitis. After a rapid progression of symptoms and failure to respond to antibiotics, a clinical diagnosis of necrotising vasculitis was made. Necrotising cryptococcal vasculitis was confirmed by histopathology and culture.
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D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009336:Necrosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014657:Vasculitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology