Fig 1From: The infectious thyroid nodule: a case report of mucormycosis associated with ibrutinib therapyClinical, pathologic and microbiologic evaluation of thyroid mucormycosis. a: Histopathology of specimen showing fungal hyphae with wide-angle branching in background of acute inflammation with giant cell body reaction. b: Postoperative specimen showing partially encapsulated lesion with necrotic center. c: direct calcuoflor-white staining from specimen showing pauciseptate hyphae branching at 90-degree angles. d: direct examination of culture specimen of Cunninghamella spp. after 48 hours of incubation on Sabouraud agar.Back to article page