Case 172. Reference case 172B

　 　 　 　
　 Cutaneous cryptococcosis provoking marked granulomatous reaction in the arm skin of 50 y-o male (HE). 　
　 　 　 　

　

 　 Small unstained (transparent) yeast-form fungi are phagocytized by the multinucleated giant cells. The small microbes appear to be floating in the mucoid matrix, and they are alcianophilic.