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Pulmonary Candidiasis: Incidental Cause of Death Made on Autopsy


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1 Department of Pathology GGS Medical College & Hospital, BFHUS, Faridkot, Punjab, India
2 Department of Transfusion Medicine GMC &H Chandigarh, India
     

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An autopsy case report of 30 year old female patient having widespread bed sores, dyspnea and high grade fever who died within an hour of admission to the hospital. An autopsy was conducted and viscera consisting of parts of lungs, kidneys, liver, spleen and heart were sent for histopathological examination. Histopathological examination of lungs revealed presence of chronic inflammatory infiltrate along with numerous colonies of round to ovoid fungal spores. Differential diagnosis of Candida and Cryptococcus was kept and using PAS and mucicarmine stains pulmonary candidiasis was confirmed. The present case highlights pulmonary candidiasis comes under category of severe mycoses and is an incidental diagnosis made on autopsy.

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Pulmonary candidiasis, Cryptococcosis, PAS, Mucicarmine
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Authors

Kanwardeep Kaur Jhajj
Department of Pathology GGS Medical College & Hospital, BFHUS, Faridkot, Punjab, India
Paramjit Kaur
Department of Transfusion Medicine GMC &H Chandigarh, India
Samarjit Kaur Sandhu
Department of Pathology GGS Medical College & Hospital, BFHUS, Faridkot, Punjab, India
Sarita Nibhoria
Department of Pathology GGS Medical College & Hospital, BFHUS, Faridkot, Punjab, India

Abstract


An autopsy case report of 30 year old female patient having widespread bed sores, dyspnea and high grade fever who died within an hour of admission to the hospital. An autopsy was conducted and viscera consisting of parts of lungs, kidneys, liver, spleen and heart were sent for histopathological examination. Histopathological examination of lungs revealed presence of chronic inflammatory infiltrate along with numerous colonies of round to ovoid fungal spores. Differential diagnosis of Candida and Cryptococcus was kept and using PAS and mucicarmine stains pulmonary candidiasis was confirmed. The present case highlights pulmonary candidiasis comes under category of severe mycoses and is an incidental diagnosis made on autopsy.

Keywords


Pulmonary candidiasis, Cryptococcosis, PAS, Mucicarmine

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