046A Candida Esophagitis
Esophagus with ulceration. The luminal surface is coated with fibrinous inflammatory exudate. In this necrotic debris, non-branching pseudohyphae and blastocysts are present. The organisms stain purple with the Periodic Acid Schiff stain..
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