High power: Pap stain
Pear shaped organisms with eccentrically located nuclei and eosinophilic cytoplasmic granules
High power: Pap stain
Pear shaped organisms with eccentrically located nuclei and eosinophilic cytoplasmic granules
Low power: Pap stain
Numerous pear shaped organisms present in the background
High power: Pap stain
Pear shaped organisms with eosinophilic cytoplasmic granules. Note occasional flagella.
High power: Pap stain
Pear shaped Trichomonas with flagella
High power: Pap stain
Pear shaped organisms with eccentrically located nuclei, eosinophilic cytoplasmic granules and occasional flagella
Features
• Liquid based
• Pear shaped, round to oval organisms
• Range in size 15-30 µm
• Pale vesicular eccentrically located nucleus
• Eosinophilic cytoplasmic granules
• Flagella typically not seen in liquid-based prep
• May have Leptothrix in association with Trichomonas (spaghetti and meatballs)