This week's case was donated by Dr. Tom Grys. The patient is an immunocompromised man with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and fever. He reports travel throughout the United States and Italy. Bone marrow biopsy revealed the following:
Identification?
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Leishmaniasis, from Trypanosoma!
Likely Leishmania infantum with the history and epidemiology.
Leishmaniasis
Loaded with amastigotes from visceral leishmaniasis. L infantum from Italy? Excellent photomicrographs.
A beautiful case of Leishmania infection. The amastigotes are typical of the genus.
Florida Fan
Leishmaniasis amastigote
LEISH!
Intracellular amastigotes of Leishmania spp.
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