Lung biopsy - mucorales hyphae at microscopic examination [Gomori-Grocott staining]

France, Morio Florent

Typical morphology of mucorales hyphae observed at microscopic examination of a lung biopsy. The sample was collected from a patient having febrile neutropenia. Hyphae are broad, ribbon-like and irregular, pauci-septate (coenocytic) and branching at right angles.