Bone Marrow Histiocyte Laden with Intracellular Leishman-Donovan Bodies in Visceral Leishmaniasis

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Bone Marrow Histiocyte Laden with Intracellular Leishman-Donovan Bodies in Visceral Leishmaniasis

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Author: Siddarthan Manimuthu, MD,DM.
Category: Infectious Disease > Parasites > Leishmania
Published Date: 06/17/2026

Figure 1. Bone marrow aspirate demonstrating a histiocyte packed with intracellular Leishman-Donovan bodies (amastigotes). The organisms display the characteristic nucleus and kinetoplast, imparting the classic “dot-dash” morphology of Leishmania species. Wright–Giemsa stain, ×1000

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