Sunday, July 10, 2016

Case of the Week 404

This week's case was generously donated by Florida Fan. This structure was found in a concentrated stool specimen from a teenage male. It measures approximately 45 micrometers in diameter (shown at 400x total magnification). Identification?




3 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think it is non bile stain parasite, since there's no further information I think it Hymenolepis nana from the hooks and the polar filaments,

Sheldon Campbell said...

Gorgeous Hymenolepis nana.

Anonymous said...

Hymenolepis nana. The polar thickenings are seen, as well.
BW in VT