Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

This week's case was generously donated by Dr. Ben Von Bredow. The following object was sent to the laboratory for identification after ...

 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 817 : Fish tape worm, Dibothriocephalus, Diphyllobothrium, or Adenocephalus species.  There are sev...

This week's case was generously donated by Dr. Daniel Montelong from UT Southwestern Medical Center. The patient is an elderly gentleman...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 816 : Trichuris trichiura  adult. Our readers presented an excellent differential diagnosis based on...

This week's case was generously donated by Dr. Jacob Rattin, a pathology resident at Cleveland Clinic.  A traveler returning from a leng...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 815 : Tungiasis, caused by the flea Tunga penetrans The following excellent description is written b...

It's the first Monday of the month, and time for another great case by Idzi Potters and the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Be...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 814 : Toxocara sp. egg, most likely T. canis based on size. As noted by several readers, Toxocara eg...

This week's case was donated by Heather Morris, the parasitology lead in my laboratory. We received the following objects for identifica...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 813 : tapeworm proglottids; gross morphology consistent with Taenia species.  Thank you all for shar...