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Case Number : Case 1331 - 30 July Posted By: Guest

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45 year-old male with left arm biopsy (courtesy of Dr. Sarah Galfione).

Case posted by Dr Hafeez Diwan


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Dr. Mona Abdel-Halim

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Favouring histoplasmosis over leishmaniasis due to the size of the organisms and the surrounding individual clear haloes, will ask for PAS and Giemsa.

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Guest Romualdo

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I think these spores are quite large and clear haloes very conspicuous, sometimes fused, more consistent with cryptococcosis.

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Eman El-Nabarawy

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I thought of cryptococcosis.

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Arti Bakshi

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Will go with cryptococcosis. Spores are larger than histoplasmosis or LD bodies of leishmania. Also they are spaced apart due to their capsules and there appears to be a mucoid b/g. Mucicarmine or Alcian blue along with pas and giemsa needed.

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