Sunday, June 7, 2009

Case of the Week 72

This weeks Case is a bit more straight-forward:

The following object was identified in the diaper of an infant by his mother. It measures approximately 6 mm in length, and was white and motile. Shown here is the object mounted on a slide and stained with carmine (2x objective; 20 times original magnification.


(10x objective; 100 times original magnification)
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousJune 8, 2009 at 2:04 PM

    Dipylidium caninum gravid proglottid. Pt must have pets (dogs and cats) with heavy flea infestation I assume
    Excellent stain and image
    What is your resource for treatment?
    The Medical Letter?

    I found a scolex one time and it was very tiny

    bb

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  2. AnonymousJune 10, 2009 at 6:42 PM

    Wow. this one is hard for me. Whatever it is, it looks pregnant.

    pathresident

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