Date: 26 November 2013
Allergic Bronchocentric Granulomatosis. Low power. Sections show muscle, lung with acute inflammation and evidence of organisation with early fibrosis. The bronchial wall can be seen with chronic inflammation and many eosinophils.There is a thickened basement membrane. No definite granulomata are seen.
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A 53 year old male with fevers, shortness of breath and a progressive left lower lobe infiltrate, he had a previous history of aspergillosis. A percutaneous lung biopsy was done. All sections were stained with haemotoxylin and eosin. No fungal hyphae were seen with silver staining (not shown).
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Scanning electron micrograph of Aspergillus ochraceopetaliformis conidial heads
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Image D & E. A case of onychomycosis associated with Aspergillus ochraceopetaliformis as described in Nail infection by Aspergillus ochraceopetaliformis. Med Mycol. 2009 Mar 9:1-5, 2009, Brasch J, Varga J, Jensen JM, Egberts F & Tintelnot K
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Image 5. Oral itraconazole pulse therapy was given to the patient (200 mg twice daily for 1 week, with 3 weeks off between successive pulses, for four pulses) and treatment was successful.
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This patient was 28 yr old with adult lymphocytic leukaemia. She received induction chemotherapy and this infection developed 2 days after recovering from neutropenia.
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Close-up image of the lesion on the left thigh showing a mat of hyphae over the wound.
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Eosinophilic mucin with A. flavus in the nasal cavity. Irregular crust of 2.5 cm from a patient diagnosed as allergic fungal sinusitis. Patient with allergic fungal sinusitis
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GMS stain of eosinophilic mucin reveals a darkly stained dichotomously branched A. flavus hyphae within cellular background. Patient with allergic fungal sinusitis
