Sarcoid leproma

Lepera macrophages (lat. Leishmania macrophage, from L. - parasitic acantharia, and macrophage - macrophage, “large-phase eater”, lit. “parasitic on large-eating eaters”) - a genus of protozoa from the group of feather-shaped Leishmania, 9-55 microns long in males, and 7–45 µm in females, and 1.5–2.2 µm thick; belongs to the family Trypanosomatidae; intermediates and flagellates are typical examples of two hosts. Instead of spines, the body has discs ending in short spines. Leishmania L. donovani is characterized by the presence of a spherical cell and is covered with rounded ring structural proteins, while cerebroside and membrane enzymes are absent.