Figure 2b. Hepatic candidiasis. (a, b) Photographs of the sectioned liver (a) and the liver capsule (b) demonstrate 1-3-mm Candida microabscesses beneath the serosal surface and throughout the parenchyma. (c) On a photomicrograph (original magnification, x100; hematoxylin-eosin [H-E] stain) of the liver, each hepatic microabscess is filled with a mixture of inflammatory cells and necrotic debris. At higher-power photomicrography, yeast forms and pseudohyphae were also seen within the hepatic microabscesses. The fibrous capsule surrounding the microabscesses suggests that these lesions developed over several weeks.