
pmid: 19299302
A young, unmarried, immunocompetent female presented with complaints of fever and altered sensorium, along with lesions over the face and trunk. A provisional diagnosis of disseminated herpes simplex with giant molluscum contagiosum was made. However, cutaneous biopsy of the lesions showed numerous cryptococcal organisms which stained positive to periodic acid-Schiff. This case is reported to sensitise physicians to keep cryptococcosis as a differential diagnosis in such types of skin lesions, as the lesions resemble that of molluscum contagiosum very closely.
Adult, Diagnosis, Differential, Fatal Outcome, HIV Seronegativity, Humans, Female, Cryptococcosis
Adult, Diagnosis, Differential, Fatal Outcome, HIV Seronegativity, Humans, Female, Cryptococcosis
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