Canine Leishmaniasis in Morocco: A Descriptive Prospective Clinical Study

Figure 4

Histologic sections of the liver of a Leishmania-positive dog. (a) Moderate congestion of sinusoid capillaries (arrowheads). Agglomerate of hyperplastic Kupffer cells (arrow) showing hemosiderin phagocytosis in sinusoid capillaries, H&E, bar = 90 µm. (b) Moderate centrilobular passive congestions, H&E, bar = 200 µm. (c) Multiple intracytoplasmic bluish inclusions of Leishmania spp. amastigotes (arrows) within Kupffer cells. H&E, bar = 40 µm.

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