tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post271633483397759812..comments2024-03-26T16:04:11.096-05:00Comments on Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites: Case of the Week 172ParasiteGalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09093150363550239544noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-80983076452600413822011-08-22T10:43:01.039-05:002011-08-22T10:43:01.039-05:00Some of the red blood cells look elongated. Could ...Some of the red blood cells look elongated. Could be Sickle cell anemia.Ladybugnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-71555095891426943302011-08-17T13:52:10.836-05:002011-08-17T13:52:10.836-05:00plasmodium ovaleplasmodium ovaleAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-71776768710759026812011-08-16T07:53:38.237-05:002011-08-16T07:53:38.237-05:004th photo down. Said 3rd photo erroneously. Howell...4th photo down. Said 3rd photo erroneously. Howell Jolly bodies may indicate megaloblastic or hemolytic anemia.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-38796199570850743182011-08-15T18:19:55.146-05:002011-08-15T18:19:55.146-05:00Smears like this are confusing. Howell Jolly bodie...Smears like this are confusing. Howell Jolly bodies and small dots that look like Pappenheimer bodies.Where is the spleen? PCR for malaria and babesia might help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-54697125349917431382011-08-15T14:34:19.263-05:002011-08-15T14:34:19.263-05:00Howell jolly bodies inside cell-little dots and so...Howell jolly bodies inside cell-little dots and some little dots-platelets outside the cell.<br />Third photo from top possibly an early trophozoite stage of (malaria)Plasmodium spp.-large<br />stained nucleate in one of the rbc?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-88425946769137266912011-08-15T11:08:55.967-05:002011-08-15T11:08:55.967-05:00I think they look like Howell-Jolly bodies and a R...I think they look like Howell-Jolly bodies and a RBC that has not extruded its nucleus. Perhaps the patient is asplenic? There seems to be a good number of echinocytes as well which could support this guess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-75314663199623578902011-08-15T10:48:06.550-05:002011-08-15T10:48:06.550-05:00I wonder whether the tiny intraerythrocytic inclus...I wonder whether the tiny intraerythrocytic inclusions may be bacterial, like Bartonella. B. bacilliformis is the only one that's supposed to show up on peripheral smear, but no epi hx to fit. Is patient immunocompetent? Could be dog or non-human strain in HIV patient?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-7246585920172087282011-08-15T09:53:08.587-05:002011-08-15T09:53:08.587-05:00Howell-Jolly bodiesHowell-Jolly bodiesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-629132641307534690.post-34491768026680431642011-08-15T09:28:38.338-05:002011-08-15T09:28:38.338-05:00It's not Plasmodium, it's not Babesia, wha...It's not <i>Plasmodium</i>, it's not <i>Babesia</i>, what's left?<br /><br />ArtifactNeuro_Nursenoreply@blogger.com