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Necrotising cryptococcal vasculitis in an HIV‐negative woman
Author(s) -
J. Sico Jason,
Hughes Eric
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
mycoses
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.13
H-Index - 69
eISSN - 1439-0507
pISSN - 0933-7407
DOI - 10.1111/j.1439-0507.2006.01205.x
Subject(s) - medicine , vasculitis , histopathology , dermatology , erythema , leukocytoclastic vasculitis , cellulitis , pathology , disease
Summary An 84‐year‐old woman with a past medical history significant for haemolytic anaemia necessitating chronic steroid therapy presented with skin induration and erythema initially thought to be cellulitis. After a rapid progression of symptoms and failure to respond to antibiotics, a clinical diagnosis of necrotising vasculitis was made. Necrotising cryptococcal vasculitis was confirmed by histopathology and culture.