This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: dermatology and infectious disease, Subject name: Pathology
Cigar bodies are seen in? 
Select and explain. 
A. Sporotrichosis, B. Chromoblastomycosis, C. Mycetoma, D. Basidiomycosis
A: Sporotrichosis
Answer: A: Sporotrichosis 
Explanation: In sporotrichosis, direct microscopic examination of KOH mounts of necrotic materials or histopathological examination of tissue section stained by methamine silver stain may yield a diagnosis. The characteristics feature is the asteroid body or cigar body: a rounded or oval, basophilic,yeast-like, cigar-shaped body 3-5micron in diameter, with rays of an eosinophilic substance radiating from the yeast cell. Ref:Anantha Narayan and Panickers Textbook of Microbiology, 9th edition, page no.602