Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

Answer:  Foreign body This is quite an unusual case, that as Lukus Roberts mentioned, was published in JCM this past year: http://www.nc...

The following were seen in skin scrapings submitted to the laboratory.  No clinical information is available.  (CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE) ...

Answer:  Sarcoptes scabiei var. hominis eggs and newly hatched larva (note it only has 6 legs, while nymphs and adults have 8 legs). You can...

A 15-month old U.S. child spent 3 weeks in Nigeria with her parents.  On return, the following were seen in stool and blood specimens. Per...

Answers: The viewers did a great job answering this case, and so I will just cut and paste from the comments: Florida Fan said... The...

The following were seen in a stool parasitic examination on a 38 year old man from Egypt.  Identification?  (CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE) ...

Answer:  Schistosoma mansoni eggs This egg can be identified by its large size and characteristic lateral spine. Thanks for all of the g...

The following was passed in the stool of a toddler and sent to the lab for identification.  It measures approximately 20 cm in length. (CLIC...

Answer:  Acanthocephaliasis (thorny-headed worm infection) due to Moniliformis moniformis .  This was a challenging case, and I was very p...

The following was seen in resected periumbilical skin nodule from a 60 year old male.  (CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE) (20x original magnif...