This week's case was generously donated by Dr. Karra Jones, and features H&E histopathologic sections of intestine from patient with intussusception. Upon close examination, the culprit behind the intussusception can be seen:
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Anisakis/Pseudoterranova?
I'm not good with histology...
-HLCM
You’re not alone, histology is termed by my former lab director “that’s where I suck” and so am I. Given the most usual nematode of man, I suspect Ascaris suishominis. I see a cuticle, a thin hypodermis, a thick layer of tall muscle cells a central intestine with very tall absorbing cells and an excretory duct. On the outer lower part, there seems to be a pointed alae. That’s what I believe seeing.
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