Iodamoeba butschlii in an anal pap test confirmed by iodine stain
Audrey N Schuetz1, Bobbi S Pritt, Andrew M Schreiner
1Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College/NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York.
Diagnostic Cytopathology
|October 30, 2013
Abstract:
We report the finding of Iodamoeba butschlii amebic cysts on a liquid-based anal Pap smear from an HIV-positive male. Iodine staining of the smear confirmed the diagnosis. It is important to distinguish I. butschlii from pathogenic ameobae and other organisms seen on anal Pap smears.


