This case is a colon biopsy that contained an unexpected object:
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For the non-pathologists, note that what we're seeing is a worm cut in cross-section. Use the internal structures to help you identify it. Another hint: notice that the worm portion shown is external to the intestinal mucosa.
Identification?
4 comments:
It looks like a female gravid Trichuris trichiura.
Agree; those look like tricuris ova.
Based on the eggs' morphology, I will go with hookworm (N. americanus or A. duodenale), although I wonder why the worm is in the colon, not the small bowel. I don't see good alae to suggest pinworm. BW in Vt
T. trichiura...A certain Devo song come to mind!
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