Pulmonary Candidiasis: Incidental Cause of Death Made on Autopsy

An autopsy case report of 30 year old female patient having widespread bed sores, dyspnea and high grade fever who died within an hour of admission to the hospital. An autopsy was conducted and viscera consisting of parts of lungs, kidneys, liver, spleen and heart were sent for histopathological examination. Histopathological examination of lungs revealed presence of chronic inflammatory infiltrate along with numerous colonies of round to ovoid fungal spores. Differential diagnosis of Candida and Cryptococcus was kept and using PAS and mucicarmine stains pulmonary candidiasis was confirmed. The present case highlights pulmonary candidiasis comes under category of severe mycoses and is an incidental diagnosis made on autopsy.