Open AccessLeishmania life cycle images in the cutaneous cytologic smear of an immunocompetent patient
Author(s) -
Roberta Zappacosta,
Roberta Claudi,
Salvatore Magnasco,
Emma Dell'Osa
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of cytology/journal of cytology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.267
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-5165
pISSN - 0970-9371
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9371.66695
Subject(s) - medicine , cytology , cutaneous leishmaniasis , leishmania , leishmaniasis , pathology , lesion , skin lesion , dermatology , parasite hosting , world wide web , computer science
Cutaneous leishmania life cycle images on cytology smears are very rare. We report herein a gallery of cytologic images from a case of sporadic cutaneous leishmaniasis in a 61 year old man presenting with ulcerative skin lesion.