Showing posts with label helminth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label helminth. Show all posts

Monday, July 13, 2020

Case of the Week 599

This week's fun case is from Dr. Tess Karre, one of our former clinical microbiology fellows. The following structures were seen in a hematoxylin and eosin stained small bowel biopsy. Identification?


Sunday, July 5, 2020

Answer to Case 598

Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 598: Trichuris trichiura, the human whipworm. This is a beautiful classic case from Idzi. Notice the whip-like shape. Just don't be fooled by the anatomy - the anterior end is the skinny end!