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Histoplasma duboisii

• Specimen: Bone

• Stain: GMS

• Magnification: x1000

Structure: Large cell size, oval to spherical narrow attachment creating "double cell or figure eight" appearance.


Histoplasmosis duboisii is also known as African histoplasmosis, a chronic progressive mycosis, is a pulmonary disease with a marked affinity for the bones & skin.

 

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