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Chest radiograph (posterior/anterior) demonstrating right lower lobar atelectasis and a large pleural effusion.
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Chest radiographs showed a right lower lobe atelectasis and a large pleural effusion (Figure 1).
Photomicrograph of pleural biopsy specimen showing round yeast forms of Blastomyces with thick cell walls and multiple nuclei. (Gomori's methenamine silver stain. Magnification - 340 X)
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Higher magnification showed round yeast forms of Blastomyces species with thick cell walls, and multiple nuclei (Figure 2), with occasional broad-based budding forms (Figure 3).
Photomicrograph of pleural biopsy specimen with broad-based, budding yeast forms of Blastomyces. (Hematoxylin and Eosin stain. Magnification - 340 X)
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Higher magnification showed round yeast forms of Blastomyces species with thick cell walls, and multiple nuclei (Figure 2), with occasional broad-based budding forms (Figure 3).