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Date
January 19, 2010
10:24 pm

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Cases, Microbiology

Case of the Week 39

A patient with recurrent high grade lymphoma on an extensive chemotherapeutic regimen presented with increasing shortness of breath and consolidation on chest radiograph. Antibiotic therapy was unsuccessful and she expired. Autopsy of the lungs showed the following on hematoxylin and eosin staining:

(10x objective, 100x final magnification)

(40x objective, 200x final magnification)

(100x objective, oil immersion, 1000x final magnification)

(100x objective, oil immersion, 1000x final magnification)

(100x objective, oil immersion, 1000x final magnification)

Diagnosis of this unfortunate case?

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Deanna

Date
January 24, 2010 @ 11pm

Disseminated granulomatous amebic disease, caused by Acanthamoeba sp.?

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