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case_images: (A) and (B) The patient's left leg with multiple gangrenous ulcers with erythematous borders.
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case_images: Physical examination revealed multiple ill-defined erythematous plaques with central necrotic crust found on both arms and both legs (Fig. 1).
case_images: Skin biopsy of left leg ulcers with GMS stain reveals a septate hyphae organism in the vascular lumen.
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case_images: Acid-Schiff Stain revealed a septate hyphae organism in vascular lumens and ulcers (Fig. 2). A special stain AFB and mAFB were negative for the organism.
case_images: (A) Culture on Sabouraud dextrose agar showing growth of Curvularia greyish brown colonies with pigment on the reverse side. (B) Conidia are brown, cylindrical, septated, with an enlarged central part, consistent with Curvularia spp.
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case_images: Curvularia spp, and Sabouraud dextrose agar yielded colonies of brown to black fungi from the top and black color from the reverse. Conidia were brown, cylindrical and septated with an enlarged central part, consistent with Curvularia spp. (Fig. 3).