PMC3709518_01
Pleural fluid showing benign squamous cells, debris, bacterial colonies, and fungal colonies consistent with candida. Diff Quik stain, x400 (left), and Papanicolaou stain, x200 (right upper) and x400 (right lower)
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The cytological examination of the left pleural fluid revealed benign squamous cells, bacterial colonies, and fungal organisms consistent with candida, and vegetable material [Figures 1 and 2]; these combined features are most consistent with a ruptured esophagus.
Cell block of pleural fluid showing benign squamous cells, debris, bacterial colonies, and fungal colonies consistent with candida. H and E, stain, x400, left and x200, right. The right image shows also vegetable material
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The cytological examination of the left pleural fluid revealed benign squamous cells, bacterial colonies, and fungal organisms consistent with candida, and vegetable material [Figures 1 and 2]; these combined features are most consistent with a ruptured esophagus.
The surgical specimen of esophageal repair and decortications showing inflammatory exudate involving skeletal muscle (left) and containing vegetable materials (middle), and benign squamous cells bacterial and fungal colonies (right). H and E stain, x100 (left); x200 (middle), and x400 (right)
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The surgical specimen showed pieces of necrotic soft-tissue, bile, bacterial, and fungal colonies, vegetable material, and an acute inflammatory exudate [Figure 3].