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case_images: Colonoscopy image (case 1) - note: whitish patches on colonic mucosa
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case_images: FIG1
case_images: He had a colonoscopy done, which showed whitish, patchy lesions on the mucosae of the caecum and transverse colon suspected to be candidiasis, and biopsies were taken (Figure 1).
case_images: Photomicrograph case 1, H&E x20 - note: pigment-laden macrophages in lamina propria
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case_images: FIG2
case_images: No atypical cells were seen (Figure 2).
case_images: Photomicrograph case 1, PAS x20 - note: uniform purple particles in the lamina propria macrophages. PAS: periodic acid-Schiff
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case_images: FIG3
case_images: Photomicrograph case 1, PAS x100 (zoom) - note: uniform purple particles in the lamina propria. PAS: periodic acid-Schiff
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case_images: FIG4
case_images: PMC9976949_02
case_images: Colonoscopy image (case 2) - note: whitish patches on colonic mucosa
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case_images: FIG5
case_images: The colonoscopy showed the mucosa of the cecum appearing granular with punctuate whitish deposits (Figure 5).
case_images: Photomicrograph case 2, H&E x20 - note: pigment laden macrophages in the lamina propria
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case_images: FIG6
case_images: No atypical cells were seen (Figure 6).
case_images: Photomicrograph Case 2, PAS x20 - Note uniform purple particles in the lamina propria macrophages. PAS: periodic acid-Schiff
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case_images: FIG7
case_images: For confirmation, PAS histochemical and human melanoma black 45 (HMB45) immunohistochemical stains were applied to sections from the paraffin wax blocks of the specimen, which stained positive and negative, respectively (Figures 7, 8).
case_images: Photomicrograph case 2, PAS x100 (zoom) - note: uniform purple particles in the lamina propria macrophages. PAS: periodic acid-Schiff
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case_images: FIG8
case_images: For confirmation, PAS histochemical and human melanoma black 45 (HMB45) immunohistochemical stains were applied to sections from the paraffin wax blocks of the specimen, which stained positive and negative, respectively (Figures 7, 8).