Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Case of the Week 216

The following were seen on hematoxylin and eosin stained sections of small intestine. (CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE)

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Identification?

My many thanks to Dr. Ryan Relich (a.k.a. MicrobeMan) for sending this glass slide to me!
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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 17, 2012 at 1:05 PM

    Giardia lamblia

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  2. AnonymousJuly 18, 2012 at 12:59 PM

    giardia duodenalis/lamblia
    -CP

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  3. AnonymousJuly 18, 2012 at 8:29 PM

    Giardia lamblia.
    The leaf shape is the side view of the organism, while the semicircular or lunate shape depict a frontal view.
    Florida fan.

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  4. KathyJuly 19, 2012 at 6:59 AM

    Giardia intestinalis (lamblia)

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  5. LauraJuly 23, 2012 at 9:19 AM

    Giardia intestinalis

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  6. AnonymousJuly 23, 2012 at 9:58 AM

    Pretty florid giardia -- so let's guess that patient is immunocompromised or is this "usual" for symptomatic? On the paraffin pathology side we'd always been told biopsy was gold standard (probably in the era of simple O&P) but I'm suspicious the immunoassays are more sensitive and stool probably nearly as good as duodenal aspirate.

    I guess another question is whether all giardia is the same or whether the stuff going around my dog park is different?

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  7. AnonymousJuly 23, 2012 at 10:02 AM

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