[Gamna Gandy bodies: Features mimicking a mycotic disease. Two cases in the spleen]

Ann Pathol. 2006 Sep;26(4):271-4. doi: 10.1016/s0242-6498(06)70720-9.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We report the clinical and histopathological features of 2 cases of Gamna-Gandy bodies located in the spleen. The diagnosis was made by the presence of circumscribed nodules containing dark brown rod-shaped and "bamboo-shaped" fibrotic structures. These structures were positive with Perls and von Kossa staining. Differential diagnosis includes filamentous mycoses such as mucormycosis and phaeohyphomycosis. Gamna-Gandy nodules can be isolated or these bodies can be observed associated with another lesion, particularly, a tumor.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Coloring Agents
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Portal / pathology*
  • Inclusion Bodies / pathology*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Mycoses / pathology*
  • Spleen / pathology*
  • Splenic Diseases / pathology*

Substances

  • Coloring Agents