Sunday, March 24, 2013

Parasites in Faeces

Can you identify these particles?

44 years old fisherman from India has been sufferng abdominal pain several weeks. Faecal specimen was taken and the size of found particles is around 140  x 80 micrometers.





















Answer: Fasciola hepatica, Fasciola gigantica or Fasciolopsis buski. The eggs of those are morphologically indistinguishable.( Patient history can help you guess better, but it still would be just a guess. More specific tests are needed for the identification.)
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1 comment:

  1. Trematode infection(Fascioliasis)Fasciola hepatica eggs in the stool.

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