Abstract
A 66-year-old female patient with systemic lupus erythematosus and lupus nephritis presented with a subcutaneous nodule on the left lower limb. She had been treated with prednisolone and an immunosuppressant. The histological specimen showed numerous yeast-like bodies that were positive on PAS, Grocott and Fontana-Masson staining. Cryptococcus neoformans was found on a mycological culture of cerebrospinal fl uid. We diagnosed this case as cutaneous cryptococcosis. The patient was successfully treated with intravenous fl uconazole for 4 months.Skin Research, 10: 159-163, 2011
