Monday, May 4, 2009

Case of the Week 68

The following were seen in a Trichrome stained stool preparation from a patient with bloody diarrhea and abdominal pain. The objects measure 80 um in greatest dimension.
Identification? (CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

ooo, that's a tricky one. I think it may be Balantidium coli (trophozoite). Size fits, there appear to be cilia around the cell membrane. However, the nuclei aren't convincing me! Chris H