This is the histopathologic appearance of an actinomycetic mycetomatous granule using a Brown and Brenn stain.
In this case, Arachnia propionica, which has now been renamed as Propionibacterium propionicum, a Gram-positive rod-shaped bacteria, was the etiologic agent.
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