A Comprehensive Review of Infectious Granulomatous Diseases of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Figure 6

Histopathological specimen of an HIV patient diagnosed with gastric Cryptococcosis. An H&E stain demonstrates oxyntic glands in the body of the stomach with significant edema and lymphoplasmacytic inflammation of the lamina propria (a). Different-sized round structures with a halo clearing of each pathogen can be seen (black circles). GMS staining demonstrates various sized yeast-like structures (red circle in (b)). Higher-resolution GMS staining (×400) highlights organisms with a narrow-based budding consistent with Cryptococcus spp. (c). (Images obtained with permission from Eyer-Silva et al. [55]).