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Image:Histoplasmosis tuberculate chlamydospores.jpg|<center><p>'''Histoplasmosis tuberculate chlamydospores'''</p><sup>Copyright Professor Andrew N. Rycroft, BSc, PHD, C. Biol.F.I.Biol., FRCPath</sup></center></gallery>

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*Caused by [[Yeast-like fungi|''Histoplasma capsulatum'']]

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*Gross lesions in lungs:

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**Firm encapsulated granulomas ([[Lungs Inflammatory - Pathology#Granulomatous pneumonia|granulomatous pneumonia]])

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*Microscopic lesions:

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**Macrophages with inracytoplasmic yeasts

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*Also in other tissues

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[[Category:Systemic_Mycoses]]

[[Category:To_Do_-_Fungi]]

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