Cytologic diagnosis of acanthamoebic keratitis.
A case of acanthamoebic keratitis was identified from a corneal scraping stained with a modified Papanicolaou stain. The characteristic double-walled cyst forms were easily identified. Corneal scraping cytology provides a rapid, noninvasive means of diagnosis and follow-up for this serious disease.
Karayianis
S L
SL
Department of Pathology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City 84132.
Genack
L J
LJ
Lundergan
M K
MK
Schumann
G B
GB
D000048:Acanthamoeba / Q000302:isolation & purification; D000328:Adult; D000562:Amebiasis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D000818:Animals; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007634:Keratitis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy