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case_images: A-B The bone marrow aspirate showing numerous phagocytes with many round or oval organisms within the cytoplasm (Wright-Giemsa staining x 100 objective); C India ink staining of bone marrow smear revealing transparent round or ovoid thick capsule yeast (India ink staining x 10 objective); D Histopathological results of bone marrow revealed yeast (indicated by black arrow, Hematoxylin and eosin staining x 100 objective).
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case_images: The bone marrow aspirate showed numerous phagocytes with many round or oval organisms within the cytoplasm, accompanied by a transparent and hypertrophic capsule enclosing the microorganisms (Fig. 1 A). These organisms are arranged in clusters in phagocytes, easily identifiable in the thicker sections of the smear (Fig. 1 B). Additional Indian ink staining was positive, showing transparent round or ovoid thick capsule spores (Fig. 1 C). The iliac bone marrow trephine biopsy revealed yeast in the bone tissue, along with infiltration of chronic inflammatory cells in the surrounding tissues (Fig. 1 D).