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Figure 1. Case 7. Cichilid fish. Mylochromis guentheri . Region of
the mouth. A pinkish nodule bulging from the oral mucosa.
Figure 2. Case 9. Cichlid fish. Maylandia pulpican .a. Viscera.
White-yellowish multifocal nodules in the perivisceral adipose tissue
and the visceral organs (arrow) interpreted as granulomas. a. Spleen.
Multifocal, coalescent granulomas developing from melano-macrophagic
centers (MMC) dispersed within the splenic parenchyma. Hematoxylin &
Eosin staining, 4x.c. Spleen, Acid-fast bacilli (arrowheads) are present
within granulomas. Zeehl-Neelsen stain, 40x.d. Spleen, granular
labelling to anti‐Mycobacterium antibody within granulomas.
Immunohistochemistry, lens 40x.
Figure 3. Case 2. Cichlid fish. Aulonocara Jacobfreibergi. a.
Skin. Multifocal, irregularly-round black areas of the integument and
fins.b. Spleen. Multifocal, coalescent granulomas dispersed throught the
splenic parenchyma. Hematoxylin & Eosin staining, 2.5x.c. Viscera.
Scarce perivisceral adipose tissue and intestinal viscera showing a
serous content.d. Spleen, variably sized round
“Hamazaki-Wesenberg-like” bodies immunolabeled with PAB antibody
within macrophages forming the granulomas. Immunohistochemistry, DAB
staining, 40x.