This week's case was generously donated by Monica Jarvis, Lilian Flores, and the parasitology lab at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. They identified the following structures in a stool wet mount. They measure approximately 160 micrometers in length. Identification?
Did the subject eat crayfish? These are compatible in morphology with Psorospermium hackeli.
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Artifact.....Beaver bodies... spores of a parasitic algae...
ReplyDeleteA case of "pseudoparasitosis" in O&P exam, Beaver bodies!Algae Psorospermium, following consumption of seafood crayfish!
ReplyDeleteThey are not parasites. They look like algae, diatoms maybe.
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Desmids?
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ReplyDelete"Beaver bodies". Algae that can be found in faeces after the consumption of crayfish. Object not a parasite.
ReplyDeleteAgree with the Psorospermium. You can see the plates of the outer shell and it is currently undifferentiated. It appears to be the north American long form.
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