Korean J Med Mycol.  1997 Jun;2(1):17-24.

Histopathologic Features of Mycotic Infections

• Song KY

Abstract

Fungal diseases are grouped arbitarily into three broad categories based on the predominant location of infection within the body : superficial, cutaneous and subcutansous, and systemic. The Histopathologic features of more common fungal diseases were summarized in the table 1. and described in the text briefly. Herein described were superficial mycoses including dermatophytoses, pityriasis versicolor, cutaneous and subcutaneous including chromomycosis, rhinosporiodiosis, sporotrichosis, and systemic mycoses such as aspergillosis, candidiasis, cryptococcosis, fusariosis, zygomycosis and pneumocystosis. Characteristic and main histologic findings are granulomatous inflammation with respective organisms. The diagnosis of mycotic disease has four basic approach: clinical, mycologic, immunologivc and pathologic. Variety of host reaction are noted from non-specific reaction to granulomatous or mycetoma formation. Most important thing is mycological isolation and identification in the tissue. Multiple sections and special stains such as Gomori`s methenamine silver, Perioidic Acid Schiff, mucin stains, gram stains, acid fast stain, Giemsa stains are also very useful.

Keyword

Histopathology; Superficial mycoses

MeSH Terms

Aspergillosis
Azure Stains
Candidiasis
Chromoblastomycosis
Coloring Agents
Cryptococcosis
Diagnosis
Fusariosis
Inflammation
Methenamine
Mucins
Mycetoma
Mycoses
Pneumonia, Pneumocystis
Sporotrichosis
Tinea
Tinea Versicolor
Zygomycosis
Azure Stains
Coloring Agents
Methenamine
Mucins