Parasitology

Microscopy Exercise: Identify the Finding in a Stool Smear

A clinical laboratory diagnostics exercise: microscopy of a native stool smear from a 28-year-old woman. Try to identify the object found in the photo.

Native stool preparation for the diagnostic exercise, object indicated by arrow
Native stool preparation for the diagnostic exercise, object indicated by arrow

Anonymous question. Stool from a 28-year-old woman. Can you help identify the object?