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PMC9805305_02
mucormycotic (black coloured) changes on the nose
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F1
On the 7th day of admission, a black-coloured lesion was found on the nose beside the insertion of ryles tube (Figure 1).
section stained with haematoxylin and eosin, in a high power field (400x magnification) showing longitudinal and transverse sections of thick walled a septate hyphae which show branching at right angles surrounded by inflammatory infiltrate and necrotic debri, suggesting a mucormycotic pathology on histopathology
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F2
A sample was taken from the area and sent for histopathological assessment which confirmed the diagnosis of mucormycosis (Figure 2).