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Periorbital necrotising fasciitis due to Cryptococcus neoformans in a healthy young man
A C Doorenbos-Bot1, J M Hooymans, L J Blanksma
1Department of Ophthalmology, University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Documenta Ophthalmologica. Advances in Ophthalmology
|October 1, 1990
Abstract:
A case report is presented of a healthy 25-year-old man who developed a periorbital necrotising fasciitis after a trivial trauma with a wooden splinter. Necrotising fasciitis of the eyelids occurs rarely. Cryptococcus neoformans is not described as a causative factor of necrotizing fasciitis. Cryptococcus neoformans usually infects patients with immunodeficiencies, diabetes mellitus or steroid therapy. This patient was healthy and developed a periorbital necrotising fasciitis due to Cryptococcus neoformans.