Monday, November 8, 2010

Case of the Week 138

A section of small intestine was resected from a 50 year old man from China with widespread malignancy. What infection is shown here?
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H&E, 20x original magnification


H&E, 40x original magnification


H&E, 100x original magnification


H&E, 100x original magnification


H&E, 200x original magnification


H&E, 200x original magnification


H&E, 400x original magnification


Given the geographic origin of this individual, what is/are the most likely species involved?
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2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Schistosomiasis. Given the geographical origin, most likely S. japonicum.

November 8, 2010 at 8:55 AM
Anonymous said...

S. japonicum . Habitat: small intestine. Geographical distribution: china

November 14, 2010 at 3:47 PM

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