Cryptococcosis of the colon resembling Crohn's disease in a patient with the hyperimmunoglobulinemia E-recurrent infection (Job's) syndrome

Gastroenterology. 1988 Mar;94(3):808-12. doi: 10.1016/0016-5085(88)90257-0.

Abstract

A 29-yr-old woman presenting with granulomatous colitis and a chronic perirectal abscess was found to have localized cryptococcosis associated with the hyperimmunoglobulinemia E-recurrent infection (Job's) syndrome. Similarity to previous cases of esophageal cryptococcosis and ileocecal histoplasmosis suggests an association between the hyperimmunoglobulinemia E-recurrent infection syndrome and localized fungal infections of the alimentary tract. To our knowledge, this is the first well-documented case of cryptococcosis confined to the colon and perirectal tissues.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Colonic Diseases / complications
  • Colonic Diseases / pathology*
  • Crohn Disease / pathology*
  • Cryptococcosis / complications
  • Cryptococcosis / pathology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Job Syndrome / complications
  • Job Syndrome / pathology*
  • Phagocyte Bactericidal Dysfunction / pathology*