IPLab:Lab 11:Schistosomiasis

Images

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  This is a high-power photomicrograph of the patient's fecal specimen containing the characteristic egg of Schistosoma mansoni. Note the spine on the egg (arrow).
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  This is high-power photomicrograph of the patient's fecal specimen containing another Schistosoma mansoni egg.
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  This is a photomicrograph of the liver from another patient with Schistosoma mansoni. These eggs have elicited a robust inflammatory response, including a multinucleated giant cell. These lesions go on to heal by fibrosis resulting in cirrhosis and the classic "pipe-stem" fibrosis.

Cirrhosis is a liver disease characterized by necrosis, fibrosis, loss of normal liver architecture, and hyperplastic nodules.