Saturday, February 9, 2013

Case of the Week 245

The following were observed in the stool of a 50 year old male with hepatosplenomegaly from Egypt.  Identification? (CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE)



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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 9, 2013 at 5:22 PM

    Obvoid ova with lateral spine: Schistosoma mansoni.

    Florida fan

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2013 at 5:34 AM

    Schistosoma mansoni

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  3. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2013 at 7:23 AM

    Schistosoma mansoni...me too

    Lee

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  4. AnonymousFebruary 11, 2013 at 3:20 PM

    S.egg in first slide has terminal spine resembling S.hematobium. However, the subsequent slides show eggs with lateral spine characteristic of S.mansoni. Coinfection with both species can be seen in Egypt. But I cant explain presence of S.hematobium eggs in feces (usually present in urine).
    Poornima

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  5. AnonymousFebruary 16, 2013 at 5:49 PM

    Favor schistosoma haematobium that took a wrong turn and ended up in intestine

    CP from Vt

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