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Cryptococcosis on the forehead

Cryptococcus, cutaneous on the hand

• Abdominal fullness prematurely after meals
• Abdominal pain
• Abdomen, swollen
• Bleeding into the skin
• Blurred vision or double vision (diplopia)
• Bone pain or tenderness of the breastbone (sternum)
• Bruises (ecchymoses)
• Chest pain
• Confusion
• Cough -- dry
• Fatigue
• Fever
• Headache
• Loss of appetite
• Nausea
• Nerve pain or pain along the path of a specific nerve or nerve root
• Numbness and tingling
• Skin rash -- pinpoint red spots ( petechiae )
• Sweating -- unusual, excessive at night
• Swollen glands
• Unintentional weight loss
• Weakness

• Sputum culture and stain
• Lung biopsy
• Bronchoscopy
• CSF culture and stain
• Chest x-ray

Review Date: 10/09/2006
Reviewed By: D. Scott Smith, M.D., MSc, DTM&H, Chief of Infectious Disease & Geographic Medicine, Kaiser Redwood City, CA & Adjunct Assistant Professor, Stanford University. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.