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== Clinical Summary == | == Clinical Summary == | ||
This 46-year-old male presented with a complaint of right-sided chest pain of six months duration. Chest x-ray showed a nodular mass in the lower lobe of the right lung. The mass was resected surgically. | This 46-year-old male presented with a complaint of right-sided chest pain of six months duration. Chest x-ray showed a nodular mass in the lower lobe of the right lung. The mass was resected surgically. | ||
The 3.5 x 2.5-cm mass was firm, gray, and gelatinous. The mass proved to be a cryptococcal lesion. | |||
The 3.5 x 2.5-cm mass was firm, gray, and gelatinous. The mass proved to be a cryptococcal lesion. | |||
== Images == | == Images == | ||
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File:IPLab10Crypto12.jpg|This is a touch prep of fresh lung tissue that was allowed to air dry and then stained to show the mucopolysaccharide capsule around the cryptococcal organisms (arrows). | File:IPLab10Crypto12.jpg|This is a touch prep of fresh lung tissue that was allowed to air dry and then stained to show the mucopolysaccharide capsule around the cryptococcal organisms (arrows). | ||
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== Virtual Microscopy == | |||
=== H&E === | |||
<peir-vm>IPLab10Crypto_HE</peir-vm> | |||
=== Mucicarmine === | |||
<peir-vm>IPLab10Crypto_Muci</peir-vm> | |||
== Study Questions == | == Study Questions == | ||