H&E, 100x magnification
H&E, 1000x magnification
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Please note that all opinions expressed here are mine and not my employer. Information provided is for educational purposes only. It is not intended as and does not substitute for medical advice. I do not accept medical consults from patients.
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5 comments:
This is amazing! Looks like Acanthamoeba but have never seen such a florid case so maybe immunosuppressed?
In SF it is usually teenage contact wearers who have never boiled their cases and we're lucky to find 1 smudgy parasite on bx.
Acanthamoeba...nice pics!
Lee
What a nasty case of Acanthamoeba. In the past cases I could only find a few using calcofluor white stain.
Florida Fan
Acanthamoeba... Im afraid the woman will lost her sight permanently
Acanthamoeba!NIce pics!
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