[Primary cutaneous cryptococcosis : Pigeons can carry more than letters …!]

Hautarzt. 2016 Dec;67(12):1003-1006. doi: 10.1007/s00105-016-3843-x.
[Article in German]

Abstract

In the event of non-specific epidermal lesions, the importance of a comprehensive anamnesis becomes especially apparent. In the following, we report on a patient case in which only a focused anamnesis was able to bring light into the darkness of numerous differential diagnoses - and to produce the diagnosis of a rare but in this collective common illness: primary cutaneous cryptococcosis.

Keywords: Lesions; Medical history taking; Mycosis; Plaques; Zoonosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Columbidae / microbiology*
  • Cryptococcosis / diagnosis*
  • Cryptococcosis / microbiology*
  • Dermatomycoses / diagnosis*
  • Dermatomycoses / microbiology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Medical History Taking / methods*