Thursday, November 9, 2023

Case of the Week 730

 This week's case is generously donated by Idzi Potters and the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp.

The following were seen in used contact lens solution from a young woman with complaints of eye pain and blurry vision. The first two images are taken with light microscopy, and the third with phase-contrast microscopy. What is your diagnosis? Please describe the forms you are seeing.





4 comments:

Bernardino Rocha said...

This a typical case of Acanthamoeba keratitis. Beautiful images from a Cyst and trophozoites.

Lyne C. said...

Acanthamoeba cyst and troph

Anonymous said...

Wow, pictures perfect rendition of the “thorny” amoeba and its polygonal cyst. Thank you Idzi for the classic case.

Anonymous said...

First picture - double walled Cyst, inner wall polygonal in shape - Acanthamoeba cyst

Second and third - the thorny appearance of the Acanthamoeba trophozoite

-CJW-