Monday, October 13, 2008

Case of the Week 41

The following were seen in a papanicolaou-stained urine preparation. These objects range in size from 20 to 50 microns.
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2 comments:

  1. HeatherOctober 13, 2008 at 2:29 PM

    You'd have to rule out Schistosoma haematobium, but due to the size variation, I'd think a closely-imitating artifact. Although, what do I know, as I've never seen a stained urine prep for Schistosoma!

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  2. AnonymousOctober 17, 2008 at 9:14 PM

    S. mansoni; it looks like the spike is flipped inward on one.

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