Karayianis S L, Genack L J, Lundergan M K, Schumann G B
Department of Pathology, University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City 84132.
Acta Cytol. 1988 Jul-Aug;32(4):491-4.
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.