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