Disseminated Mycobacterium hemophilum Presenting as Leprosy-like Cutaneous Lesions in an Immunocompromised Host

Disseminated Mycobacterium hemophilum Presenting as Leprosy-like Cutaneous Lesions in an Immunocompromised Host

Disseminated Mycobacterium Tuberculosis with Ulceronecrotic Cutaneous Disease Presenting as Cellulitis

DISSEMINATED MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS WITH ULCERONECROTIC CUTANEOUS DISEASE PRESENTING AS CELLULITIS Abstract Cutaneous tuberculosis is a rare manifestation of infectious tuberculosis caused by invasion of the skin by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculous cellulitis is a rare type of cutaneous tuberculosis with cellulitis-like symptoms. Only eight cases of tuberculous cellulitis have been r...

Cushing's syndrome presenting as disseminated cutaneous Mycobacterium chelonae infection.

Mycobacterium chelonae infection has not to our knowledge been reported as a complication of endogenous Cushing's syndrome. We describe a patient who presented with sporotrichoid M. chelonae infection and olecranon bursitis whose symptoms did not completely resolve until after bilateral adrenalectomy.

Paracoccidioidomycosis: infiltrated, sarcoid-like cutaneous lesions misinterpreted as tuberculoid leprosy.

The authors report a case of paracoccidioidomycosis misinterpreted as tuberculoid leprosy, both on clinical and histological examination. Sarcoid-like cutaneous lesion as the initial presentation is rare in young patient with paracoccidioidomycosis and can simulate other infectious or inflammatory diseases. On histology, tuberculoid granuloma presented similar difficulties. Treatment with dapso...

Adenovirus hepatitis presenting as tumoral lesions in an immunocompromised patient.

A 59-year-old man with T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia on alemtuzumab presented with neutropenic fever, intermittent nausea, and multiple ill-defined low attenuation foci in the liver on abdominal computed tomography scan which were suspicious for metastatic disease. Histological examination revealed the diagnosis of adenovirus hepatitis. Patient responded well to cidofovir. Adenovirus hepatitis...