[Gamna Gandy bodies: Features mimicking a mycotic disease. Two cases in the spleen].
We report the clinical and histopathological features of 2 cases of Gamna-Gandy bodies located in the spleen. The diagnosis was made by the presence of circumscribed nodules containing dark brown rod-shaped and "bamboo-shaped" fibrotic structures. These structures were positive with Perls and von Kossa staining. Differential diagnosis includes filamentous mycoses such as mucormycosis and phaeohyphomycosis. Gamna-Gandy nodules can be isolated or these bodies can be observed associated with another lesion, particularly, a tumor.
Ambrosetti
Damien
D
Laboratoire de Pathologie Clinique et Expérimentale, Hôpital Pasteur, BP 69, 06002 Nice Cedex.
Lassalle
Sandra
S
N'Golet
Arthur
A
Lazzarotto-Rumpler
Monique
M
Hofman
Paul
P
D004396:Coloring Agents; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000473:pathology*; D002479:Inclusion Bodies / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009181:Mycoses / Q000473:pathology*; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000473:pathology*
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