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Enhanced Axial CT scan of Abdomen & Pelvis showed thickening of the transverse colon (orange arrow) with peri-colonic fat stranding (green arrow).
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Overall findings were suggestive of severe diverticulitis versus aggressive infections like basidiobolomycosis and actinomycetes (Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3).
Enhanced Axial CT scan of Abdomen & Pelvis showed severe thickening of the transverse and descending colon with peri-colonic abscess secondary to contained perforation.
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Overall findings were suggestive of severe diverticulitis versus aggressive infections like basidiobolomycosis and actinomycetes (Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3).
H&S stain show thin wall and broad hyphae surrounded by eosinophilic material.
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The fungal microorganisms are hyphae that are irregularly branched, thin walled, occasionally septated and surrounded by thick eosinophilic cuff splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon (Fig. 4, Fig. 5, Fig. 6).
Gomori Methenamine Silver (GMS) stain highlights fungal Wall.
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The fungal microorganisms are hyphae that are irregularly branched, thin walled, occasionally septated and surrounded by thick eosinophilic cuff splendore-Hoeppli phenomenon (Fig. 4, Fig. 5, Fig. 6).