Isolated cutaneous cryptococcosis in clinically unsuspected idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia.
Idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia first defined in 1992 by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as the repeated presence of a CD4(+) T-lymphocyte count of fewer than 300 cells/cumm or of <20% of total T-cells with no evidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and therapy that might cause depressed CD4 T-cells. Most of the cases present with systemic opportunistic infections. We report a case without risk factors or laboratory evidence of HIV infection, presenting with cutaneous cryptococcal infection, diagnosed on cytology.
Department of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated LNJP Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Divya
D
Sharma
Department of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated LNJP Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Neha
N
Singh
Department of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated LNJP Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Seema
S
Kaushal
Department of Pathology, Maulana Azad Medical College and Associated LNJP Hospital, New Delhi, India.
Shyama
S
Jain
CD4; Cryptococcus; cytology; idiopathic