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. 2016 Jun 25;3(2):ofw106. doi: 10.1093/ofid/ofw106

Figure 2.

Figure 2.

Patient 13. Pigmented infiltrated plaque of the right knee associated with diffuse subcutaneous infiltration in a 62-year-old kidney transplant recipient. (A) Full and (B) close-up views (courtesy of Camille Frances). (C and D) Hematoxylin-eosin staining revealed a dense dermal infiltrate with granulomatous inflammation, associating neutrophils, lymphocytes, epithelioid, and multinucleated cells, as well as pigmented fungal hyphae ([C], ×100; [D], ×400). (E) Periodic acid-Schiff staining showed septate fungal hyphae (×1000). (F) Fontana-Masson staining confirmed the pigmented character of fungal structures (×1000).