Question 12

(Multiple Choice)

A patient has splotchy hypopigmentation on the chest and back with only slight itchiness. What is most likely to be seen on a KOH mount of the skin scraping?


A) Yeasts, pseudohyphae, and true hyphae
B) Filaments with lots of arthroconidia
C) Clusters of round fungal cells with short, curved, septate hyphae
D) Darkly pigmented, round cells with sharp interior septations
E) Cigar-shaped yeasts

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