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Published in final edited form as: Adv Anat Pathol. 2014 Jul;21(4):217–227. doi: 10.1097/PAP.0000000000000016

This duodenal ulcer with transmural inflammation and necrosis is from a plasma cell myeloma patient who presented with an acute abdomen (A). The necrotic ulcer debris contains numerous pigmented filamentous fungi, indicating an infection by phaeohyphomycosis (B).

This duodenal ulcer with transmural inflammation and necrosis is from a plasma cell myeloma patient who presented with an acute abdomen (A). The necrotic ulcer debris contains numerous pigmented filamentous fungi, indicating an infection by phaeohyphomycosis (B).