Skin: cutaneous amoebiasis

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Skin: cutaneous amoebiasis. Wellcome Collection. CC0 1.0 Universal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Histopathology of the skin: cutaneous amoebiasis This is a high power view of the base of a vulval ulcer. Amoebic trophozoites are present in an exudate of inflammatory cells and necrotic material. The nucleus of each trophozoite is small, round, and purple-staining. Some of the trophozoites also contain human red blood cells. H&E stain.

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