Plasmodium falciparum malaria: liver

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<I>Plasmodium falciparum</I> malaria: liver. Wellcome Collection. CC0 1.0 Universal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Pathology of the liver This transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of the liver from a patient with falciparum malaria shows a macrophage which contains haemozoin. Numerous dark granules of lysosomes contain this breakdown product.

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