Date: 26 November 2013
Secondary metabolites, structure diagram: Trivial name – D-Altritol
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Species: A. (species not defined)Systematic name: 2,5:3,4-dianhydro-1,6-dideoxy-2-C-[(1E,3E)-4-[(2S,3R)-3-(4-methoxy-3,5-dimethyl-2-oxo-2H-pyran-6-yl)-3-methyloxiranyl]-2-methyl-1,3-pentadienyl]-4-C-methyl-Molecular formulae: C24H32O6Molecular weight: 416Chemical abstracts number: 88389-71-3
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The chest x-ray shows a patient who had a left lung transplanted in May 2003 for cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis, which was diagnosed post-transplant as sarcoidosis.
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Gross pathology demonstrating the great pleural thickness and two cavities (upper lobe and superior segment of lower lobe) with fragments of fungal mass.
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Histopathological appearance of a fungus ball. Note a conidial head resulting from fungal exposure to the air.
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Histopathological appearance of a fungus ball caused by Scedosporium apiospermum. The presence of anneloconidia differentiates it from Aspergillus.
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Chronic necrotising aspergillosis. Hyaline hyphal and calcium oxalate crystals obtained by needle aspirate biopsy from a diabetic patient with chronic necrotizing aspergillosis caused by Aspergillus niger (Papanicolaou, x 100).
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Aspergillus niger fungus ball and acute oxalosis. Higher magnification of adjacent replicate section.
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Oxalate crystals within renal tubuli (H&E, phase contrast, x 100). This patient developed acute oxalosis.
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Lung surface. Fungus ball, severe parenchymal fibrosis and pleural thickening.
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