Trypanosoma cruzi Necrotizing Meningoencephalitis in a Venezuelan HIV⁺-AIDS Patient: Pathological Diagnosis Confirmed by PCR Using Formalin-Fixed- and Paraffin-Embedded-Tissues

Figure 2

(a) Macroscopic view of a vertical-transverse section of the frontal lobe of brain. A space occupying lesion in the brain cortex and white matter is marked as X. Note the presence of punctate haemorrhages in grey and white matter. (b) Microphotograph of a vertical-transverse section of the lesion in (a) showing the histologic aspect of the expansive nodule (X). Note the presence of necrosis (n) of white matter with a perilesional inflammatory component () (H/E, ×100).

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