Case 49. 

Papanicolaou-stained preparation reveals light green-stained trophozoites. In the background, necrotic debris and nuclear dusts are observed.
       
 
Needle aspirate from liver abscess in AIDS
 
       

 

  Oil immersion observation discloses a centrally located nucleus with peripheral chromatin condensation and the double-layered cytoplasm (thick-stained inner "endoplasm" vs. light-stained outer "ectoplasm") (Papanicolaou).