March 7, 2022 Case of the Week

What is the tissue? What do you see on H&E

What is the next step? Most likely Dx

Contributed by Dr. Barak

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Answer: Lung

Alveolar spaces filled with pink foamy amorphous material (proliferating fungi & cell debris

Special stains (GMS)

Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonitis