Common associated disease or condition names:
Intestinal amebiasis, amebic colitis, amebic dysentery, extraintestinal amebiasis.
Motility (T)
Nonprogressive, blunt pseudopods
Number of nuclei (T)
One
Karyosome (T)
Large, irregular shape, eccentric
Peripheral chromatin (T)
Unevenly distributed
Cytoplasm (T)
Coarse and granulated
Cytoplasmic inclusions (T)
Vacuoles containing bacteria often visible
Shape
Round to spherical
Number of nuclei
One to eight
Karyosome
Large, irregular shape, eccentric
Peripheral chromatin
Unevenly distributed
Cytoplasm
Coarse and granulated
Cytoplasmic inclusions
Laboratory Diagnosis
Stool examination