A Case of Cutaneous Cryptococcosis Resembling Verrucous Granuloma.
- Author:
Woo Gil CHUNG
1
;
Junsu PARK
;
Yoon Kee PARK
;
Kwang Hoon LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Dermatology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. ykpark@yumc.yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cryptococcosis;
Itraconazole
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Agar;
Cryptococcosis*;
Cryptococcus neoformans;
Cycloheximide;
Dermis;
Epithelioid Cells;
Female;
Giant Cells;
Glucose;
Granuloma*;
Humans;
Hydrocephalus;
Itraconazole;
Lip;
Spores
- From:Korean Journal of Medical Mycology
2002;7(1):42-46
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
We report a case of cutaneous cryptococcosis resembling verrucous granuloma on the lower lip in a 18-year-old female. She presented with a 3x1.5 cm sized painful verrucous granuloma with white, yellowish crust on the lower lip for 1 year. She had gotten many shunt operations for unexplained hydrocephalus. Histopathological examination showed numerous encapsulated round spores, epithelioid cells and giant cells in the dermis. A tissue culture on Sabouraud's dextrose agar without cycloheximide showed whitish creamy colonies. The organism was identified as Cryptococcus neoformans. The lesion disappeared with the treatment of oral itraconazole (100 mg/day) for 12 weeks.
