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Research

Liver dysfunction as the presenting feature of disseminated cryptococcosis

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Pages 38-40 | Received 24 Oct 2015, Accepted 04 Feb 2016, Published online: 16 Mar 2016

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Figure 1: Photomicrograph of liver biopsy showing cholestasis and granulomatous inflammation with yeast forms of Cryptococcus within giant cells as well as lying extracellularly. (H&E, X 400).

Figure 1: Photomicrograph of liver biopsy showing cholestasis and granulomatous inflammation with yeast forms of Cryptococcus within giant cells as well as lying extracellularly. (H&E, X 400).

Figure 2: Photomicrograph of lymph node biopsy showing variably sized budding yeast forms of Cryptococcus species highlighted by A) Periodic acid Schiff stain; B) Grocott’s methenamine silver stain. (Histochemistry, X1000).

Figure 2: Photomicrograph of lymph node biopsy showing variably sized budding yeast forms of Cryptococcus species highlighted by A) Periodic acid Schiff stain; B) Grocott’s methenamine silver stain. (Histochemistry, X1000).