Cryptococcus

 

 

The arrow points to C. neoformans in this section from the brain which included meninges and choroid plexus. Chronic inflammation

 is present. The vacuolar spaces in which the organisms are found appear larger than the organisms. Some of this disparity is due

to the capsule of the organism which does not appear on H&E stained sections. See also infections of the respiratory tract.

 

1 minute clinical correlation

 

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