Fine-needle aspiration cytology of subcutaneous toxoplasmosis: A case report.
Toxoplasmosis is a common opportunistic infection in patients with AIDS in whom it typically presents as encephalitis, pneumonia, lymphadenitis, and myocarditis. Skin involvement is very rare and, to our best knowledge, Toxoplasma gondii forming a subcutaneous mass has not been reported. Here, we report the findings of an interesting case of subcutaneous toxoplasmosis with the cytological appearance of an inflammatory fibrovascular lesion in a HIV-positive patient and discuss the differential diagnosis.
Chen
Xiaowei
X
Department of Pathology, Columbia University Medical Centre, New York, NY 10032, USA. xc2159@columbia.edu
Remotti
Fabrizio
F
Tong
Guo-Xia
GX
Gorczyca
Elzbieta
E
Hamele-Bena
Diane
D
D000328:Adult; D016917:Angiomatosis, Bacillary / Q000473:pathology; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D003581:Cytodiagnosis / Q000379:methods*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006097:Granulation Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D012514:Sarcoma, Kaposi / Q000473:pathology; D040521:Subcutaneous Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*