Background. Opportunistic infections are common in organ transplant recipients. After 6 months of transplantation, patients have\nthe highest risk of opportunistic infections such as cryptococcosis. Case Presentation. The report presents the case of a 36-year-old\nfemale renal transplant recipient, with complaints of few subcutaneous painful and warm nodules and large, warm, erythematous,\nnontender plaques on the mildly edematous right leg and ankle. Incisional biopsy of the subcutaneous nodule over the leg showed\npanniculitis with small- to medium-sized vasculitis associated with round yeast forms, and culture of the fragments revealed\nC. neoformans var. grubii. Conclusions. This article also reviews in brief the treatment of this rare complication. Reviewing the\nliterature showed that since the cryptococcal cutaneous lesions are often nonspecific, the clinical picture solely is not enough to\nconstruct a definite diagnosis and there must be a high clinical suspicion.
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