Fig 1.
(A) Frontal knee X-ray showing osteolysis at the kneecap and a significant bone demineralisation induced by lack of support on the limb. (B) Chest X-ray showing predominant pulmonary opacities at the lower lobes with a cave in the right lower lobe. (C) CT-scan showing bilateral nodules and consolidations with cavities, some of which contained fungus balls located in the lower lobes.
Fig 2.
Culture on Sabouraud dextrose agar showing flat and dry colonies adhering to the agar, white to yellowish brown in colour, slightly folded with a brown diffusible pigment (A) and microscopic features of the colonies showing a sterile mycelium composed of septate hyphae with several chlamydospores (B).
Fig 3.
Cultures on Sabouraud dextrose agar showing dry colonies, white with a greyish surface mycelium and a diffusible brown pigment (A). The microscopic features of the colonies displayed septate hyphae with branched conidiophores bearing pyriform conidia (×1000).