IPLab:Lab 11:Ascariasis

Images

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  This is a photograph of an adult ascarid like the ones removed from the small bowel of this patient.

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  This is a photograph of an autopsy specimen from another case of ascariasis. The adult ascarid (arrow) can be seen in the section of small bowel from this patient.

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  This is a high-power photomicrograph of a fecal specimen from this patient showing an ascarid egg (arrow).

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  This is a higher-power photomicrograph of another ascarid egg.

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  This high-power photomicrograph of the fecal specimen from this same patient shows an Entamoeba histolytica cyst (arrow).

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  This high-power photomicrograph of the fecal specimen from this patient shows a Giardia lamblia trophozoite. Note the two nuclei and the tapered end (that goes out of the plane of focus) containing flagella (arrow).

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  This high-power photomicrograph of the fecal specimen from this patient shows a Giardia lamblia cyst (arrow).