Monday, July 22, 2013

Case of the Week 266

The following were seen in an unstained sputum specimen from a patient with peripheral eosinophilia, cough, and worsening pulmonary infiltrates.  She had been receiving chemotherapy for ovarian cancer.  Right before this specimen was obtained, she had been admitted to the ICU for respiratory failure. (CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE)

Unstained, 40x magnification

Unstained, 100x magnification

Unstained, 400x magnification

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7 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 22, 2013 at 5:12 PM

    strongy!

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  2. PoornimaJuly 22, 2013 at 5:22 PM

    Strongyloides larvae

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  3. AnonymousJuly 22, 2013 at 8:11 PM

    Rhabditiform larvae of Strongyloides stercoralis.

    Florida Fan

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  4. AnonymousJuly 23, 2013 at 1:00 PM

    Strongyloides stercoralis

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  5. AnonymousJuly 23, 2013 at 5:24 PM

    Strongyloides...I concur!

    Lee

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  6. Lukus RobertsJuly 29, 2013 at 6:24 AM

    disseminated strongyloidiasis, can occur in patients immunosuppressed by chemotherapy or AIDS, Ivermectin is treatment of choice :)

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  7. ropeworm suffererFebruary 9, 2018 at 3:02 AM

    Hello, Can you please diagnose mine. A GI dr. said this is what I have and he tried to treat it with albenezole and Ivermectin but then my liver could not take it. I am very sick. Any help would be a blessing

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