Monday, March 1, 2010

Case of the Week 107

The following object was found in the diaper of a 1 year old female. The mother noted that it was moving when found. Identification?

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

It looks like a bot fly lavae

Anonymous said...

I got to larvae/maggot of some sort too, but couldn't go further.

Anonymous said...

Dermatobia hominis. It has an interesting life cycle, which the Parasite Gal will probably describe. Has this patient traveled? BW in Vt.

Salbrent said...

I got to larvae/maggot of some sort too, but couldn't go further.
ditto
and see higher mag images

Supram Gowda said...

May be Dipylidium caninum proglottids.