Sunday, February 5, 2012
Answer to Case 194
Answer: Acanthamoebic keratitis
Note the multiple cysts within the corneal stroma.
Characteristics cysts and trophozoites are seen in the following image:
Culture of the corneal biopsy grew organisms morphologically consistent with Acanthamoeba species, including trophozoites with spinous processes and wrinkled cysts.
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