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Computed tomography angiogram of the neck showed an ill-defined mass along the right lateral aspect of the hypopharynx involving the base of the tongue, right lingual tonsil, and right vallecula extending along the right palatine tonsil and into the pharyngeal space (red arrow).
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CT angiogram of the neck was obtained which showed an ill-defined mass along the right lateral aspect of the hypopharynx involving the base of the tongue, right lingual tonsil, and right vallecula extending along the right palatine tonsil and into the pharyngeal space (Fig. 1).
Suede-like grayish-white colonies of Talaromyces marneffei with diffusible underlying deep red color pigment on Sabouraud dextrose agar (incubated at 25  C).
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Five days later fungal cultures incubated at 25  C on Sabouraud dextrose agar grew suede-like grayish-white colonies with diffusible underlying deep red color pigment (Fig. 2).
A microscopic slide preparation of Talaromyces marneffei. Flask-shaped phialides in brush-like arrangement are seen on lactophenol cotton blue staining.
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Microscopically, flask-shaped phialides in brush-like arrangement were seen on lactophenol cotton blue staining (Fig. 3).