Mycotic granuloma in a tiger salamander.
An unidentified brown-pigmented fungus was the cause of a granuloma in the left lumbar musculature of a captive female tiger salamander. Histologically, the fungus appeared in the granulomatous tissue both as round yeastlike budding cells and as long septate hyphae.
D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009132:Muscles / Q000473:pathology; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000473:pathology / Q000662:veterinary*; D014562:Caudata