title: [Cryptococcosis: a potential aetiology of facial ulceration].
abstract: Cutaneous cryptococcosis is an uncommon aetiology of chronic facial ulceration but which may be associated to a potentially lethal focus of cryptococcosis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 35-year-old AIDS patient under antiretroviral therapy, presented with a chronic facial ulceration. Histopathological examination of a biopsy of the facial ulceration showed an inflammatory granuloma and masses of yeasts. Mycological culture of the cerebrospinal fluid revealed Cryptococcus neoformans. The diagnosis of AIDS-related cutaneous cryptococcosis of the face and cryptococcal meningitis was concluded.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Cryptococcosis should be thought as a potential aetiology of a chronic facial ulceration in an AIDS patient. Screening of other foci of the cryptococcosis such as that of the central nervous system is mandatory. Mycological examinations are of great interest for the diagnosis in rare resources setting.
authors.affiliation: Service de stomatologie et de chirurgie maxillo-faciale, CHU Sanou Souro, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso. Electronic address: rbeogo@yahoo.fr.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Béogo
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie et de vénérologie, CHU Sanou Souro, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: J-B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Andonaba
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de parasitologie et de mycologie, CHU Sanou Souro, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bamba
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de cytologie et d'anatomie pathologique, CHU Sanou Souro, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Konségré
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie et de vénérologie, CHU Sanou Souro, Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Diallo
authors.affiliation: Service de dermatologie et de vénérologie, CHU Yalgado, Ouédraogo, Burkina Faso.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Traoré
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D003453:Cryptococcosis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D003455:Cryptococcus neoformans; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D005145:Face / Q000382:microbiology; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology
keywords: AIDS; Cryptococcose cutanée; Cryptococcose multifocale; Cryptococcose méningée; Cutaneous cryptococcosis; Disseminated cryptococcosis; Facial ulceration; Meningitis cryptococcosis; Sida; Ulcération faciale