KROK 1 2008 – Question 52 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathomorphology
A 40 year old man noticed a reddening and an edema of skin in the area of his neck that later developed into a small abscess. The incised focus is dense, yellowish-green. The pus contains white granules. Histological examination revealed drusen of a fungus, plasmatic and xanthome cells, macrophages. What type of mycosis is the most probable?
- A. Candidosis
- B. Aspergillosis
- C. Sporotrichosis
- D. Actinomycosis
- E. Coccidioidomycosis
Hint
Think about which chronic suppurative infection puts yellowish granules into the pus and shows radiating filamentous colonies surrounded by foamy cells under the microscope.
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