CYST
SIZE: 8 to 12 mcm.
SHAPE : Oval to spherical.
NUCLEUS: Vesicular, dispersed.
NUMBER: One.
PERIPHERAL CHROMATIN: Finely granular and evenly distributed.
KARYOSOME: Some small but larger than E. histolytica.
NUCUEOPLASM: Clean to dirty.
CYTOPLASM:
CHROMATOID BODIES: None detected.
GLYCOGEN: Diffuse
Figure 1-14. Stages of N. fowleri. (concluded)
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