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Candida micro-abscesses


  • multiple SMALL hypodense (and hypoechoic) lesions
    • in liver +/- spleen
    • often "target" lesions

  • Candida albicans mycelia
  • immunocompromised pts, such as leukemics

DDx:

  • mets (larger)
  • leukemic infiltration (nodular or tumefactive deposits rare)

  • miriad small lesions ==> pathognomonic for Candida


Charles E. Kahn, Jr., MD  -  2 February 1995
Last updated:  1 October 2013


 

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