Monday, November 7, 2011

Case of the Week 183

The following were seen on Giemsa-stained peripheral blood films. The objects shown measure approximately 220 microns in length. Identification? (CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE)

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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousNovember 7, 2011 at 9:22 AM

    nice! now THAT's a sheath!

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  2. AnonymousNovember 7, 2011 at 9:45 AM

    I'll go with Brugia malayi. Nice staining of sheath with Giemsa. Looks like sub-terminal and terminal nuclei in bottom pic.

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  3. Parasite SpyNovember 7, 2011 at 2:29 PM

    Brugia malayi Microfilariae
    Significant gap between terminal and subterminal nuclei.

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  4. AnonymousNovember 7, 2011 at 3:47 PM

    Probably B. malayi, those terminal nuclei being pretty small.

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