Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, 3D structure: Trivial name – dihydrocitrinone
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Species: A. carneusSystematic name: 1H-2-Benzopyran-7-carboxylic acid, 3,4-dihydro-6,8-dihydroxy-3,4,5-trimethyl-1-oxo-, (3R,4S)-Molecular formulae: C13H14O6Molecular weight: 266Chemical abstracts number: 65718-85-6Selected references: Chien, M. M.; Schiff, P. L., Jr.; Slatkin, D. J.; Knapp, J. E. (Sch. Pharm., Univ. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa., USA). Lloydia, 40(3), 301-2 (English) 1977.
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The periphery of the fungus ball is deeply eosinophilic because of the deposition of Splendore-Hoeppli material.
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Single fungal ball, moving. Radiographic appearance of a fungus ball, showing movement as the patient’s position changes.
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Oxalate crystals in the cavity wall surrounding an Aspergillus niger fungus ball (H&E, dark field, x 25).
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Aspergilloma patient. Gross pathology appearance of a fungus ball.
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Conidiophores of Aspergillus fumigatus in the mass of the fungal ball surrounded by mycelia (H&E, x 400).
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Aspergillus niger fungal ball. Calcium oxalate crystals in Aspergillus niger fungal ball. Also shown are darkly pigmented, rough-walled conidia associated with Aspergillus niger infection.
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Aspergillus niger fungus ball within an old tuberculous cavern. This patient had diabetes, a disease commonly associated with A. niger infection.
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