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Case Reports
. 1978 Sep;138(9):1412-3.

Disseminated cryptococcosis presenting as palpable purpura

M H Greene, A M Macher, A D Hernandez, K J Tomecki, B Chabner
  • PMID: 356794
Case Reports

Disseminated cryptococcosis presenting as palpable purpura

M H Greene et al. Arch Intern Med. 1978 Sep.

Abstract

Disseminated cryptococcosis with palpable purpura as the initial clinical manifestation developed in a patient with diffuse histiocytic lymphoma. Cryptococcal vascular injury in a thrombocytopenic cancer patient best explains this previously unreported presentation of cryptococcosis. Purpuric presentations of disseminated fungal infection are likely to increase in frequency as cancer therapy becomes more aggressive.

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