African immigrant with weight loss and disseminated skin lesions.
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Figure 1. Upper left, Photograph showing skin lesions on arm and shoulder of patient. Upper right, CT scan of neck revealing multiple enlarged lymph nodes. Lower left, Detail of a skin ulcer on forehead of patient. Lower right, Histologic examination of skin biopsy specimen showing perivascular infiltrates of neutrophil granulocytes and ovoid yeasts (diameter, 15 mm) and a thick cell wall (periodic acid–Schiff stain; original magnification, 400).
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
دوره 37 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2003