TY - JOUR
T1 - Giant blastoconidia of Candida albicans
T2 - A case report and review of the literature
AU - Alasio, Teresa M.
AU - Lento, Patrick A.
AU - Bottone, Edward J.
PY - 2003/7/1
Y1 - 2003/7/1
N2 - We describe a patient with extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma who developed systemic candidiasis after treatment with a cyclophosphamide-based chemotherapy regimen. Histologically, the fungal organisms demonstrated markedly enlarged blastoconidia with a variety of morphologic forms, mimicking other mycotic organisms, such as Cryptococcus neoformans, Blastomyces dermatitidis, and Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. The in vivo occurrence of such giant forms is rare, and when observed histologically may result in an erroneous diagnosis or a diagnosis of multiple mycotic organisms.
AB - We describe a patient with extranodal non-Hodgkin lymphoma who developed systemic candidiasis after treatment with a cyclophosphamide-based chemotherapy regimen. Histologically, the fungal organisms demonstrated markedly enlarged blastoconidia with a variety of morphologic forms, mimicking other mycotic organisms, such as Cryptococcus neoformans, Blastomyces dermatitidis, and Paracoccidioides brasiliensis. The in vivo occurrence of such giant forms is rare, and when observed histologically may result in an erroneous diagnosis or a diagnosis of multiple mycotic organisms.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0038693123
U2 - 10.5858/2003-127-868-gboca
DO - 10.5858/2003-127-868-gboca
M3 - Article
C2 - 12823045
AN - SCOPUS:0038693123
SN - 0003-9985
VL - 127
SP - 868
EP - 871
JO - Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
JF - Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
IS - 7
ER -