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Shahrzad Akbary1, James Ramirez1, David Fivenson1
1Department of Dermatology, St. Joseph Mercy Health System, Ypsilanti, Michigan.
Journal of Cutaneous Pathology
|October 26, 2017
Abstract:
Cutaneous Cryptococcus infection presents classically with granulomatous and gelatinous reactive patterns. Cases mimicking neutrophilic dermatoses have not been described. Conversely, neutrophilic dermatoses with degrading cells mimicking cryptococcal organisms have been reported. We report a case of cryptococcal cellulitis in an immunocompromised male with a robust neutrophilic infiltrate raising histologic consideration for a neutrophilic dermatosis.

