MORPHOLOGIC FEATURES AND CLINICAL-SIGNIFICANCE OF SKIN INVOLVEMENT INPATIENTS WITH AIDS-RELATED CRYPTOCOCCOSIS

Citation
R. Manfredi et al., MORPHOLOGIC FEATURES AND CLINICAL-SIGNIFICANCE OF SKIN INVOLVEMENT INPATIENTS WITH AIDS-RELATED CRYPTOCOCCOSIS, Acta dermato-venereologica, 76(1), 1996, pp. 72-74
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Dermatology & Venereal Diseases
Journal title
ISSN journal
00015555
Volume
76
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
72 - 74
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-5555(1996)76:1<72:MFACOS>2.0.ZU;2-1
Abstract
Eight out of 30 consecutive patients with AIDS and cryptococcal mening oencephalitis (26,7%) presented cutaneous involvement, in the form of papulo-nodular lesions in 3 patients, molluscum contagiosum-like lesio ns in 3 patients, and pustular-ulcerative lesions in 2 patients, Skin localization represented an untoward prognostic sign, and in 3 out of 8 patients the lesions were diagnosed 2 to 6 weeks before the onset of systemic and neurologic signs and symptoms of the disease. A systemat ical examination of all suspected cutaneous lesions in subjects with a dvanced HIV disease may lead to an earlier diagnosis and treatment of disseminated cryptococcosis.