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case_images: Partially closed amputation stump with drains in place (first case).
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case_images: (a) Gray-brownish colony growth on Sabouraud dextrose agar. (b) Identification under a microscope in the lab (first case). Sporangium with spores on a branched sporangiophore.
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case_images: HBOT. However, cultures that were taken during this surgery from the gluteal degloved zone showed the presence of fungi, which were later identified as Mucor circinelloides (Figures 2(a) and 2(b)).
case_images: Hematoxylin-eosin staining of tissue obtained from the post-traumatic stump on Day 24 after the trauma (first case). M circinelloides dimorphic phases with pauci-septated wide hyphae with right-angle branching are seen. Please note the absence of infiltration of the underlying muscle with inflammatory cells, in devitalised tissue.
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case_images: Histopathology of the resected specimen on Day 24 showed necrotic tissue with the presence of large hyphae (Figure 3).
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