Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Art and Science of Laboratory Medicine

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

Parasites in Stool

Case: 14 years old male from Vietnam has been suffering diarrhea, abdominal pain and fever several weeks. Stool sample for parasites was taken and the findings are in the image below. The size of the particles is around 120 x 70 µm.

Can you identify these particles from stool sample?

Correct answer is below the image.


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Correct answer: Artifacts (plant cells)

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