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Histoplasma capsulatum

• Specimen: Lymph node

• Magnification: x1000

• Structures:
• Small oval budding yeast
• Narrow attachment
• Appear encapsulated
• Most cells staining pink
• Almond shaped structures

• Clue:
• Specimen site
• Intracellular morphology

 

 
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