Leishmania life cycle images in the cutaneous cytologic smear of an immunocompetent patient

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Zappacosta Roberta, Claudi Roberta, Magnasco Salvatore, Dell′Osa Emma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2010-01-01
Series:Journal of Cytology
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Online Access:http://www.jcytol.org/article.asp?issn=0970-9371;year=2010;volume=27;issue=1;spage=35;epage=36;aulast=Zappacosta