Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

This week's case was generously donated by Drs. Cameron Truarn and Damien Bradford from PathWest Laboratory Medicine, and Drs. Huan Zhao...

Here is our last case of 2024, courtesy of Drs. Courtney Comar and Laura Lamps. The following structures were seen in tissue removed during ...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 764 : Artifact; not a human parasite. This material closely resembles plant spirals. This was a chal...

This week's case was donated by Dr. Andrew Bryan, Molly Weatherholt, Clarissa Ljungren, Bashi Ebrahimi, and Jacob Karsten. These strikin...

 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 763 :  Sarcoptes scabei mites and their scybala (fecal pellets) - or, as Mike M. said - "scabi...

 This week's case comes from my own lab - an unexpected finding on routine colonoscopy. These beautiful photos are courtesy of Felicity ...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 762 : Enterobius vermicularis male As noted by Idzi Potters, "The ribbed cephalic alae are typi...

This week's case was generously donated by Drs. Taylor Williams and Karl Kirby. The following object was passed per rectum by a child li...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 761 : Diphyllobothrium/Dibothriocephalus/Adenocephalus (diphyllobothriid) species. These worms are c...

This week's case was generously donated by Dr. Adrienne Showler. The patient is an immunocompromised middle-aged man from El Salvador wh...