Histopathologic and scanning electron microscope examination of the nail and hair in chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
The case of a 4-year-old boy with chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis is reported. Nail sections stained with periodic acid-Schiff and Grocott-Gomori methenamine-silver showed pseudohyphae running haphazardly within the nail. Scanning electron microscopy showed hyphae penetrating into the nail plate and the hair shaft.
Medical subject headings
- Candidiasis, Chronic Mucocutaneous
- Hair
- Nails