Multiple cutaneous swellings in an immunocompetent host--cryptococcosis overlooked
Kosaraju, K.; Mukhopadhyay, C.; Vandana, K.E.; Yagain, K.; Rao, N.R.
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases An Official Publication of the Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases 15(4): 394-396
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 1678-4391 PMID: 21861014 Document Number: 648397
Recently, there has been an increase in the incidence of cryptococcosis even among immunocompetent patients. We present a case of multiple subcutaneous swellings later developing into a non-healing ulcer caused by Cryptococcus in a 60 year-old immunocompetent male along with a brief review of clinical presentations of cutaneous cryptococcosis in immunocompetent and immunocompromised individuals. A high index of suspicion is desired in view of possible dissemination and variable non-specific clinical presentations.