Monday, July 9, 2012

Case of the Week 215

An unstained liver cyst aspirate showed the following structures (CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE):

(Unstained wet-prep, 400x times original magnification)

Based on this finding, the cyst was resected and showed the following:

(H&E, 40 times original magnification)

(Bodian stain, 200x original magnification)

(Silver chromate stain, 200 times original magnification)

Diagnosis?
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7 comments:

  1. Phil C.July 9, 2012 at 11:23 AM

    Hydatid sand from the interior of an Echinococcus granulosus cyst. Protoscolices nicely demonstrated.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 9, 2012 at 12:11 PM

    BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS!

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  3. AnonymousJuly 9, 2012 at 2:27 PM

    Echinococcus daughter cysts and scolices.

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  4. AnonymousJuly 9, 2012 at 3:22 PM

    Echinococcus granulosus

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  5. EchinonutJuly 10, 2012 at 5:16 AM

    These are not daughter cysts, but brood capsules

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  6. MicrobeManJuly 11, 2012 at 7:19 PM

    Definitely echinococcosis. Great pictures! :-)

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  7. AnonymousJuly 12, 2012 at 9:21 PM

    This can only be Echinococcus hydatic cysts. Very well captured photos.

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