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Fig. 3

From: Rhino-orbito-cerebral Mucormycosis: Pictorial Review

Fig. 3

Histopathological examination of neck tissues following surgical debridement of 2 different patients with ROCM. Haematoxylin and Eosin (HE) staining (a) demonstrates broad, branching fungal hyphae (thick arrows) on the background of extensive tissue necrosis (*). Grocott-Gomori methamine silver staining (b) relies on oxidation of the polysaccharides within fungal cell walls. The result is black staining of hyphae (thick arrow in b) against a green counterstain

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