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Fig. 6

From: Nasal mucocutaneous leishmaniasis (MCL) with necrotizing granulomatous inflammation inducing cytotoxic T-cell lymphoma in a male Yemeni patient

Fig. 6

Leishmania bodies. Amastigotes in the skin and subcutaneous tissues smear (Giemsa’s stain, oil immersion). Many of the amastigotes (often referred to as Leishmania bodies) in this infected macrophage clearly show the spherical nucleus and bar-shaped kinetoplast. These amastigote features distinguish these organisms from other protozoan or fungal parasites

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