Monday, October 19, 2009

Case of the Week 89

A farmer presented with bloody diarrhea and abdominal cramps. Endoscopy revealed multiple ulcers, and the following biopsies were obtained:
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4 comments:

  1. ScottOctober 20, 2009 at 8:22 AM

    E.histolytica

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  2. AnonymousOctober 20, 2009 at 8:25 AM

    What a cool Balantidium coli image. There's no structure in all of biology like the ciliate macronucleus. -Sheldon

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  3. AnonymousOctober 20, 2009 at 1:38 PM

    Balantidium coli. When I first encountered this parasite as a path resident and learned that its motility was "boring", I thought that meant that the motility was uninteresting. A true story. BW

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  4. SalbrentOctober 29, 2009 at 2:11 PM

    Balantidium coli troph

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