Monday, December 27, 2010
Case of the Week 144
A 2 cm x 1 cm x 0.1 cm white smooth soft object was received in saline in the Parasitology lab. With manipulation (using a wooden applicator stick and wearing gloves), it was friable and fragmented easily. Some of the saline surrounding the object was pipetted onto a slide for examination, and the following objects were seen. They measure approximately 30 microns in diameter. Identification? (CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE)
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4 comments:
Taenia eggs! The hooklets are really lovely. =) Guessing the white smooth soft object is a proglottid?
Taenia saginata. The hooklets are enclosed in an oncosphere...bw in vt
Taenia eggs.
or solium... either one. what's the medical history?
ju in mn
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