Identification?
Monday, March 2, 2009
Case of the Week 59
A small white object (approx 1 cm length) resembling a grain of rice was identified in the diaper of a 1 year old child. Manipulation of the object revealed the following microscopic objects (round objects individually measure 25 to 40 microns in diameter). CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE
Identification?
Identification?
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they look like tapeworm eggs. Taenia solium?
thanks for the creepy pictures parasite gal. keep them coming :-)
I think they're either Dipylidium or Inermicapsifer ova - geography might help distinguish one from the other . . .
A single-legged mammal danced on small earthen lilypads...not really, but that's what i thought of.
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