title: [Palpebral cryptococcosis: case report].
abstract: This paper is about a patient with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome empirically treated for miliary tuberculosis. During the clinical evolution the patient presented lesions compromising the right eyelid and tarsal conjunctiva. The initial diagnostic hypothesis was ocular tuberculosis with conjunctival and eyelid involvement. The biopsy of the conjunctival lesion identified an encapsulated yeast-like fungus: Criptococcus neoformans. After starting treatment with B anfotericin, the cutaneus lesions cleared.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Oftalmologia e Otorrinolaringologia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. murilobarreto@ig.com.br
authors.forename: Murilo Barreto
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Carlos Sergio Nascimento
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Melo
authors.forename: Cristiana Silveira
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Silva
authors.forename: Ruth Miyuki
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Santo
authors.forename: Suzana
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matayoshi
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D003228:Conjunctiva / Q000382:microbiology; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000150:complications*; D015821:Eye Infections, Fungal / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005141:Eyelid Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans