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Case Reports
. 2016 May 15;62(10):1320-1.
doi: 10.1093/cid/ciw081.

Limb Embolism in a 52-Year-Old Woman

Kazuaki Jindai  1 , Alana K Sterkel  2 , Kurt D Reed  2 , Christopher J Crnich  3
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Case Reports

Limb Embolism in a 52-Year-Old Woman

Kazuaki Jindai et al. Clin Infect Dis. .
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Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1.
A, Most of the thrombus contains fungal elements. The yeast and hyphae are both intermixed and in discrete areas. B, Budding yeast (white arrow) and hyaline, septated hyphae (black arrow) are present. Hyphae branch at right angles (dashed arrow).
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
A, Excised aortic valve with a fungal vegetation. B, Grocott methenamine silver–stained aortic vegetation, ×100 objective. Multiple forms present including yeast (white arrow), septate hyphae (black arrowhead), pseudohyphae (black arrow), and large round forms (white arrowhead).
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