Morphology of Hymenolepis diminuta tapeworm eggs under stool microscopy. Differential diagnosis with Hymenolepis nana and absence of polar filaments.
🔬Image of Hymenolepis diminuta parasite eggs. A cestode whose definitive hosts are rodents.
Note: pay attention to the absence of polar filaments, which are present in Hymenolepis nana.
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Microscopy of dwarf tapeworm (Hymenolepis nana) and roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides) eggs: comparative helminth morphology in laboratory diagnostics.
Microscopic features and comparative morphology of dwarf tapeworm (Hymenolepis nana) and roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides) eggs in a stool sample.
A concise atlas of helminth egg morphology: microscopic features of Ascaris, Enterobius, Trichuris, Ancylostoma, Fasciola, Taenia, and Hymenolepis.
