Lab test interpretation

Stool Microscopy Exercise: Objects in Native Preparation

Clinical case: microscopy of a native stool sample from a 2.5-year-old child with suspected metabolic pathology. How to describe the clusters of objects in the field of view?

Native stool preparation, microscopy for diagnostic exercise, x40 magnification
Native stool preparation, microscopy for diagnostic exercise, x40 magnification

Anonymous question from a subscriber. Colleagues, how would you describe these objects in native stool at x40 magnification? The child is 2.5 years old, weighs 6 kg, on a hydrolysate formula, being examined for metabolic pathology.