Monday, April 3, 2017

Case of the Week 440

This week's case was from a young boy who had been unsuccessfully treated for pinworm infection. An apparent worm was submitted to the laboratory on a pinworm paddle (Swube®):

Given the unusual morphology, the specimen was cleared with Citrisolve and mounted on a slide for examination:



Identification? Many thanks to Florida Fan for donating this week's case!

6 comments:

  1. Nice! Gravid proglottid from Dipylidium caninum.

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  2. I agree with my predecessors. It looks like a gravid proglottid of Dipylidium caninum. In the last two photos you can see eggs inside ovigerous capsules of the parasite.

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  3. Phew, always glad when the comments confirm what I was thinking..

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  4. Anthony Rochester - ain't it the truth! :D

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