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Case Reports
. 2007 Jun;3(6):459-60.

Colonic histoplasmosis

Kourosh F Ghassemi  1 , Rex T Wang, V Raman Muthusamy, Janak N Shah
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Case Reports

Colonic histoplasmosis

Kourosh F Ghassemi et al. Gastroenterol Hepatol (N Y). 2007 Jun.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Colonoscopic view of an ulcer in the sigmoid colon.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Photomicrograph revealed histiocytes with small rounded intracytoplasmic organisms (hematoxylin and eosin stain, 1000x).
Figure 3
Figure 3
Photomicrograph demonstrated numerous yeast forms (Gomori silver stain, 1000x).
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