Cutaneous cryptococcal infection presenting as vulvar lesion

Genitourin Med. 1987 Oct;63(5):341-3. doi: 10.1136/sti.63.5.341.

Abstract

A woman aged 60, who had been immunosuppressed since receiving a renal transplant 17 years before, developed a painless ulcerated lesion on her right labia majora. Cryptococcus neoformans was demonstrated by culture and biopsy of the lesion. This is the first reported case of a genital skin lesion caused by C neoformans.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Cryptococcosis / complications*
  • Cryptococcosis / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Skin Ulcer / complications*
  • Skin Ulcer / pathology
  • Vulvar Diseases / etiology*
  • Vulvar Diseases / pathology