Monday, July 14, 2014

Case of the Week 311

Here's a nice straight-forward case this week.  The following were seen on Ova and Parasite exam performed on an adopted child from Ethiopia.  Identification? (CLICK ON THE IMAGES TO ENLARGE)





9 comments:

Sally Baker said...

Ascaris lumbricoides and Trichuris trichuria!

Anonymous said...

This is a very typical stool exam from the tropics. There are fertilized Ascaris eggs, Trichuris eggs and an unfertilized Ascaris egg in the bottom photo.

Anonymous said...

Intestinal worm party!..Yikes! Ascaris lumbrocoides and Trichuris trichuria ova...and an unfertilized Ascaris egg in the last photo.

Lee

Anonymous said...

Ascaris, both fertilized and unfertilied; Trichuris trichuria. I found myself scanning the photos for something tricky hidden in the debris but didn't see anything else.

Jeff G.

our.man.jonesy said...

Trichuris trichuria and Ascariasis!

Anonymous said...

Mixed infections of trichuriasis and intestinal ascariasis. Trichuris ova seen, most probably T.trichiura based on the sizes. Also noted fertilized ascaris ova in 1st and 2nd pictures, and unfertilized ascaris ova in the third picture.

Wan Hafiz

Anonymous said...

Well, everyone has the correct answer. This case is a nice pressure relief from the last case.

Florida Fan

Unknown said...

Ascaris and Trichuris. It is most likely that they are A.lumbricoides and T.trichiura, however a number of other species within the genera can infect humans, i.e. contact with pigs could resolve it as A.suum and T.suis co-infection.

Some of the eggs are interestingly asymmetrical which is quite unusual for T.trichiura but a characteristic I have seen a lot in T.muris. I am not suggesting that this is a T.muris infection, just a fun observation.

Anonymous said...

egg of A lumbricoides & T trichura