Fig. 5From: A rare presentation of blastomycosis as a multi-focal infection involving the spine, pleura, lungs, and psoas muscles in a Saudi male patient: a case reporta, b, and c H&E stain and low-power view shows granulomatous lesions characterized by aggregates of epithelioid histiocytes, multinucleated giant cells, and inflammatory background predominated by lymphocytes and plasma cells with sprinkling of neutrophils. No necrosis or fibrin deposition was seen. B and c GMS stain, high power views show yeast forms with broad based budding (black arrows)Back to article page