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Ramichloridium mackenziei

• Specimen: Brain biopsy

• Magnification: x1000

• Structures:
• Long “y” shaped hyphae
• Incorrectly reported as pseudohyphae
• Corrected result Septate Hyphae
• Length of the hyphae does not suggest it to be pseudohyphae
• Nowhere constriction is seen
• Budding forms not present

 

 
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