Pneumocystis pneumonia

 

 

The alveoli are filled with an exudate. The apparently empty spaces in the alveoli in this H&E

 stain represent P. carinii. This organism usually offers no hazard to the immunocompetent.

 

From the slide collection of the late Dr. Charles Kuhn

 

 

1 minute clinical correlation

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