Monday, November 7, 2016

Case of the Week 421

This week's beautiful photographs came from Florida Fan. The specimen came from a middle-aged male.

By spinning down the 70% ethanol that the specimen had been transported in, the following objects were seen. They measured approximately 60 micrometers in length.

Identification?

6 comments:

Unknown said...

Tapeworm - Diphyllobothrium?

Anonymous said...

D. latum.

Anonymous said...

Tapeworm, genus Diphyllobothrium. Specific identification would require epidemiological data and finally PCR

William Sears said...

diphyllobothrium latum

Unknown said...

egg of D. Latum

Unknown said...

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