Here are some of these objects on Giemsa-stained concentrated blood (CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE). They measure approximately 240 - 300 micrometers in length.
Identification?
Monday, June 13, 2011
Case of the Week 164
The following was seen on a drop of unstained peripheral blood from a patient who traveled to Cameroon and Spain.
Here are some of these objects on Giemsa-stained concentrated blood (CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE). They measure approximately 240 - 300 micrometers in length.
Identification?
Here are some of these objects on Giemsa-stained concentrated blood (CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE). They measure approximately 240 - 300 micrometers in length.
Identification?
Loiasis
ReplyDeleteLoa loa.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the Loa loa.
ReplyDeleteMicrofilaria in blood, no sheath with Giemsa stain, nuclei that extend to tip of tail and blunt ended tail = Loa Loa
ReplyDeleteThis would have been picked up in Cameroon not Spain I imagine as Loa Loa is the tropical African eye worm, contracted from a bite by the vector Chrysops spp. (mango or deer flies).
Microfilaria worm cause of Elephantitis
ReplyDeleteI agree on Loa loa too.
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