Monday, December 17, 2012

Case of the Week 237

The following were seen in a concentrated stool wet preparation that had been stored in formalin for 6 months. They measure approximately 60 micrometers in greates dimension.  Identification?






8 comments:

  1. Ascaris lumbricoides eggs...very fertile...

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  2. Ascaris lumbricoides egg, fertile. It wouldn’t be a surprise if still moving after months in formalin. I had cases that remained viable after 16 months in formalin!

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  3. I agree with the above

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  4. Ascaris lunbricoides fertile eggs

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  5. The structural composition with its lumpy outer layer and a smooth inner layer of the shell, the lobed nucleus,the oval shape and the dimension, all are characteristic for Ascaris lumbricoides fertile ova.

    Florida fan

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  6. Ascaris lunbricoides fertile eggs

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  7. All fertilized egg of Ascaris lumbricoides.first pic is of decorticated ova.
    Bile staining, oval shape,outer mamillations characteristic.

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