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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
Copyright © 2013, Charles E. Kahn, Jr.
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