Respirology Case Reports (Sep 2022)

Disseminated cryptococcosis in a renal transplant recipient

  • Seira Ozawa,
  • Shigeo Hanada,
  • Hironori Uruga,
  • Hiroyo Ito,
  • Hiroshi Nakahama,
  • Narishige Ishikawa,
  • Shuhei Moriguchi,
  • Kyoko Murase,
  • Atsushi Miyamoto,
  • Nobukazu Hayashi,
  • Daiya Takai

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.1011
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 9
pp. n/a – n/a

Abstract

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Key message Skin cryptococcosis often manifests as an umbilicated papule, and chest computed tomography findings of multiple nodules and cavities are also characteristic. The combination of characteristic cutaneous manifestations and radiological findings can help clinicians make an “at‐a‐glance” diagnosis of disseminated cryptococcosis.

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