Monday, November 29, 2010

Case of the Week 141

The following were seen in a stool specimen (wet preparation) from a 43 year old from the Philippines. They measure approximately 70-100 µm long by 55-64 µm wide.
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(40x magnification, unstained)






Identification?

4 comments:

Kathy said...

It looks like a Schistosoma japonicum.

Anonymous said...

could it be S. japonicum. You can see the lateral knob. Cool

fp Burlington Vt. said...

S.japonicom I agree with anon.

Anonymous said...

Too big for hookworm eggs, which they resemble. So, I would go with S. japonicum, as well. bw in vt