Date: 26 November 2013
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Image A. Long standing sarcoidosis, on corticosteroids with fibrosis and cavitary disease, and a possible fungal ball in the cavity on the left (1996).
Image B. Long standing sarcoidosis, on corticosteroids with 2 cavities containing aspergillomas, one on the left and one on the right (1996).
Image C. Sarcoidosis with progressive cavity formation and aspergillomas. Probable CIPA given appearances (2000).
Image D. Sarcoidosis with progressive cavity formation and aspergillomas. Probable CIPA given appearances (2000).
Image E. Sarcoidosis with progressive cavity formation and aspergillomas. Probable CIPA given appearances (2000).
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BAL specimen showing hyaline, septate hyphae consistent with Aspergillus, stained with Blankophor
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Mucous plug examined by light microscopy with KOH, showing a network of hyaline branching hyphae typical of Aspergillus, from a patient with ABPA.
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Corneal scraping stained with lactophenol cotton blue showing beaded septate hyphae not typical of either Fusarium spp or Aspergillus spp, being more consistent with a dematiceous (ie brown coloured) fungus
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Corneal scrape with lactophenol cotton blue shows separate hyphae with Fusarium spp or Aspergillus spp.
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A filamentous fungus in the CSF of a patient with meningitis that grew Candida albicans in culture subsequently.
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Transmission electron micrograph of a C. neoformans cell seen in CSF in an AIDS patients with remarkably little capsule present. These cells may be mistaken for lymphocytes.
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India ink preparation of CSF showing multiple yeasts with large capsules, and narrow buds to smaller daughter cells, typical of C. neoformans
