Case 173. Paracoccidioidomycosis (32 y-o F)

       
 
Biopsy from an ulcerative facial skin of a Brasilian Nisei
 
       

 

  Large-sized, yeast-form fungi are phagocytized by multinucleated giant cells (HE, low power). Abscess is formed among the granulomatous reaction (suppurative granuloma).