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kinetoplast
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kinetoplast /ki·ne·to·plast/ (ki-nēt´o-plast) a structure associated with the basal body in many protozoa, primarily the Mastigophora; it is rich in DNA and, like the basal body, it replicates independently.
ki·net·o·plast (k-nt-plst, -nt-, k-)
n.
An independently replicating rod-shaped structure lying near the base of the flagellum in certain parasitic protozoans.

kinetoplast [kĭ-ne´to-plast]
an accessory body found in many protozoa, primarily the Mastigophora; it contains DNA and replicates independently.

kinetoplast
an accessory body found in many protozoa, primarily the Mastigophora; it contains DNA and replicates independently.


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The central scale was removed from one of the lesions, and scrapings from the base of the lesion were stained with Giemsa stain, which showed intracellular amastigotes with peripheral nuclei and rod-shaped kinetoplasts.
Histopathologic examination of hematoxylin-eosin-stained tissue revealed a dermal granulomatous inflammation with a predominantly lymphoid infiltrate (Figure 2) and numerous, small (2-4 [micro]m in diameter), oval to round organisms with bar-shaped paranuclear kinetoplasts, morphologically consistent with leishmanial parasites (Figure 3).
 
 
 
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