It has also been reported in conjunction with iatrogenic immunosuppression due to glucocorticoids and chemotherapy. Dermatitis and panniculitis, granulomatous, diffuse, moderate, with numerous yeast, Domestic Shorthair, feline, etiology consistent with Cryptococcus neoformans. Participants agreed that the morphology of the budding yeast is consistent with Cryptococcus neoformans. The halo represents the mucinous capsule. The capsular material is positive with Mayer's mucicarmine technique.
Cryptococcosis occurs worldwide in many species, but cats are affected most frequently.
The pulmonary lesion is a multifocal granulomatous pneumonia and, as with those infections involving other internal organs, has the characteristic gross appearance of small, gelatinous, white foci. CNS infection may involve the meninges and neuropil. Infectious nodular and diffuse granulomatous and pyogranulomatous diseases of the dermis. A Macroscopic and Microscopic Evaluation of Canine and Feline Skin Disease. Cutaneous cryptococcus in three cats.