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Please note that all opinions expressed here are mine and not my employer. Information provided is for educational purposes only. It is not intended as and does not substitute for medical advice. I do not accept medical consults from patients.
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4 comments:
snake skin?
Diphyllobothrium latum?
(based on the macroscopic length and the proglottids that are wider than they are long with central 'rosette'-like uteri)
D. latum. Given that this worm lives in clear, cold lakes, I wonder whether this woman was swimming in Lake Superior. BW in Vt
Diphyllobothrium latum.
I think she ate raw fish.
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