Monday, April 20, 2009

Case of the Week 66

The following object was noted on gross stool examination. Shown here is the mounted object at 100x, Carmine stain. It measures about 1 mm across and several mm in length, although it does not appear that the whole length is represented here. Identification? (Bonus: list the genus AND species)
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4 comments:

  1. Alasdair HillApril 21, 2009 at 4:52 AM

    Looks like a scolex of Echinococcus..... err granulomus maybe??

    Though I always thought the human was a deadend host..... surely these buggers will be found in canine stool?

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  2. AnonymousApril 21, 2009 at 10:46 AM

    I would go with Echinococcus too and probably E.granulosus, only because it has a large range. BW from VT

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  3. AnonymousApril 21, 2009 at 6:06 PM

    Tenia saginatum.

    pathresident

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  4. AnonymousApril 25, 2009 at 8:41 PM

    Awww, I retract my answer. I think you first two guys are right :)

    pathresident

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