A clinical case of ascariasis in a 23-year-old man: expulsion of an adult Ascaris lumbricoides during vomiting and detection of Ascaris eggs by copro-ovoscopy.
🐍 Ascaris lumbricoides (roundworm) in a 23-year-old man. He presents to the emergency department due to gastrointestinal pain and constipation. He reports vomiting, and in one instance, he expels a worm (image above).
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Morphology of pinworm (Enterobius vermicularis) eggs during microscopy of a perianal swab for enterobiasis in a child. Characteristic asymmetric eggs with larvae.
Microscopic view of nematode larva hatching from a fertilized Ascaris lumbricoides egg: shell morphology and laboratory diagnosis of ascariasis.
Case study of mobile microscopic nematodes found in the feces of a 17-year-old teenager. Identify the helminth species based on morphological features.
