Monday, October 20, 2008

Case of the Week 42

Cross-sections through an appendix removed for acute appendicitis revealed the following:
(H&E stained histologic images, Click to enlarge)


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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 20, 2008 at 12:52 PM

    This is our old friend Enterobius vermicularis, pregnant with unembryonated eggs. BW in BVT.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 20, 2008 at 1:40 PM

    I'm thinking Toxocara, with its lateral alae. As a side comment it seems like there should be some geeky parasitology joke that starts out, "two larvae migrated into a bar..."

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  3. AnonymousOctober 20, 2008 at 8:49 PM

    E. vermicularis, b/c of the cute little eggs.

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  4. AnonymousOctober 24, 2008 at 5:55 AM

    I'm going with Enterobius vermicularis as well.

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