Monday, November 21, 2016

Case of the Week 423

The following objects were observed in an aspirate of liver cyst fluid (carmine stain). Identification?

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9 comments:

Anonymous said...

Protoscoleces of Echinococcus?

Anonymous said...

A really beautiful case of hydatid cyst. We can clearly see the protoscoleces and the hexacanth row of hooklets.

Florida Fan

William Sears said...

echinococcus protoscolices

Anonymous said...

Can you comment on use of carmine stain? Used much now?

Anthony Rochester said...

Yep I was also thinking hydatid cyst/echinococcus

Sugar Magnolia said...

Echinococcus.

Unknown said...

I think Echinococcus

Anonymous said...

Dr. Pritt's comment on the use of Carmine stain cannot be any better. Carmine stain along with Hematoxylin Eosin stain give us excellent teaching slides to demonstrate the anatomy of the worms. These stains are quite lengthy to perform and the timing of each step depends very much on how thick the organism is, and in many cases have to be monitored with microscopic examination to produce a usable teaching slide.
Unfortunately with the productivity oriented work pace, these sciences fall gradually into obsolescence, or in better wording "lost art".
Florida Fan

Sarah said...

Is this case by chance from a middle aged man in the Midwest? Very interesting!