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A CASE OF CRYPTOCOCCAL SUBCUTANEOUS ABSCESS CAUSED BY PRIMARY OSSEOUS CRYPTOCOCCOSIS
Author(s) -
Takizawa Kiyohiro,
Nakagawa Hidemi,
Ohhara Kuniaki
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
the journal of dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1346-8138
pISSN - 0385-2407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1346-8138.1979.tb01919.x
Subject(s) - cryptococcosis , medicine , subcutaneous abscess , lesion , abscess , pathology , dermatology , surgery
A patient with a cutaneous manifestation of primary osseous cryptococcosis is described. Statistically 35 cases of cutaneous cryptococcosis excluding this case and one case of primary osseous cryptococcosis without any skin manifestations were reported in Japan between 1955 and 1977. Of these 36 cases, metastatic osseous lesions were observed in only two cases. Each of them was disseminated cryptococcosis, however, the examination of osteolytic lesions was not shown. Therefore, to our knowledge, this is probably the first Japanese report of a case with a cutaneous lesion following to primary osseous cryptococcosis.