Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites

This week's case was generously donated by Dr. Adrienne Showler. The following image is from a video capsule endoscopy performed on an i...

 Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 782 : Not a parasite.  Most closely resembles banana "seeds" (tannin bodies).  While we w...

This week's case features a beautiful video from Dr. Rasool Jafari. The specimen is skin scrapings. What is your identification?

 Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 781 : Demodex sp.   The legs and gnathosoma (with mouthparts) are nicely demonstrated: I can't quit...

This week's case was generously donated by Dr. Manohar Mutnal. The following were seen in a peripheral blood smear from a patient with a...

Answer to Parasite Case of the Week 780 : Trypanosoma brucei trypomastigotes.  As noted by Florida Fan, "This is definitely a case of t...

This week's case was generously donated by Dr. Richard Bradbury. A patient living in The Gambia presented with high fever, body aches, a...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 779 : "Black Water fever" - a massive hemolytic event associated with P. falciparum infect...

This week's case features the intestinal biopsy of a middle aged man with abdominal pain and diarrhea. The astute pathologist noted thes...

Answer to the Parasite Case of the Week 778 : Amebiasis due to Entamoeba histolytica.  As noted by Dr. Jacob Rattin, "It looks like the...