Sunday, May 9, 2010

Case of the Week 116

The following were seen in a concentrated wet preparation of stool. No history is available. Identification? (CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE)


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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think is likely balantidium coli with cilia and macronucleus [otherwise I'm all wet and is something spurious like a cellular spore].

Kathy said...

To me it looks like pollen.

Anonymous said...

That looks like pollen.

Anonymous said...

I go with pollen. Very lovely. BW in Vt

Salbrent said...

Pollen grains, UFOs, non-parasitic objects
I would measure them, too be sure they are not Ascaris eggs oe tapeworms by tapping the coverslip with a pencil to repostion
The straited outer part of the cell wall suggests pollen grains

In regards, to the fly larvae, I ask for live maggotts, too.

Anonymous said...

Looks like a taenia egg to me!