Monday, October 24, 2011

Case of the Week 181

The following were incidental findings on seen on intestinal biopsies. Diagnosis? (CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE)
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3 comments:

  1. MicrobeManOctober 24, 2011 at 9:03 PM

    Some of the eggs in the bottom photomicrograph appear to have bipolar plugs. To that end, I'll say Trichuris trichiura.

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  2. AnonymousOctober 25, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    T. trichiura/whipworm. Good morphology of sections, eggs and relation to intestinal mucosa.

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  3. AnonymousOctober 26, 2011 at 11:57 AM

    Trichinella. Has the patient been eating bear meat?

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