Monday, January 28, 2013

Case of the Week 243

The following fluid-filled objects were submitted to the parasitology lab for identification in Ecofix preservative (hence the slight green color).  The source was listed as liver, but no other history was given.  



Microscopic examination of the fluid inside of objects revealed the following:


Identification?

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Echinococcus and I don't know how to tell granulosus from multilocularis. Great pictures and really good and fun blog.

Lukus Roberts said...

Echinococcus hydatid cysts - I think E. gransulosus given the locaction and morphology of the cysts (am I right in thinking singular cysts like this are indicitive of E. granulsosus wheras multilocularis cysts would look like what it says on the tin - ie, have mulitple lobes/buds?) - either way, beautiful picture of a protoscolex in hydatid sand :D

Anonymous said...

I agree, Echinococcus cysts.

Lee

Malassezia said...

It's E. granulosus. E. multilocularis wouldn't be able to be excised as a well-delineated cyst - the growths would have poor boundaries and would intercalate with the surrounding tissue.

Anonymous said...

Echinococcus hydatid cysts. One protoscolex and several hooklets seen. Most likely E. granulosus.

Florida fan

Anonymous said...

E. granulosus my choice too - but because of cyst morphology rather than liver location. E. multilocularis cysts are also mostly in the liver.

Anonymous said...

Echinococcus granulosus (hydatid cysts)