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From: Recurrence of visceral and muco-cutaneous leishmaniasis in a patient under immunosuppressive therapy

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Visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis. a. Bone marrow aspirate: May Grunwald Giemsa (original magnification: ×1000) showing two macrophages with abundant cytoplasm containing innumerable Leishmania amastigotes. b. Spleen histology: High power view of the splenic red pulp comprising a prominent infiltrate of histiocytes and plasma cells; the histiocytes show numerous cytoplasmic punctate bodies surrounded by a clear halo, suggestive of Leishman bodies (hematoxylin eosin staining; original magnification: ×400). c. Cutaneous histology: Diffuse infiltrate in the upper dermis consisting of predominantly large histiocytes, plasma cells and a few lymphocytes. Protozoan leishmania, visualized as multiple gray-blue bodies within the vacuolated cytoplasm of histiocytes (hematoxylin eosin staining)

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