A patient presenting with mild abdominal pain and proglottid…
A patient presenting with mild abdominal pain and proglottids in the feces. The ova & parasite exam demonstrates a yellow-brown egg measuring 33 um that is surrounded by a thick wall with radial striations. Internally a six-hook oncosphere is visible. The most likely identification is (M53-4, 10, 11; Level 3):
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A graduate student returning from a month-long fieldwork experience in South America develops a dark nodular lesion on the left hand. Microscopic examination of the nodule reveals, dark, coin-like inclusions. The following is the most likely type of mycoses (M59-17, 21; Level 3)?
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