Cestoda


Gross pathology of membrane and hydatid daughter cysts from human lung



Gross pathology of membrane and hydatid daughter cysts from human lung



Proglottids of human tapeworm Bertiella studeri



Hymenolepis diminuta scolex



Histopathology of Sparganum proliferum infection



Egg of Hymenolepis nana



Scolex of Echinococcus granulosus from hydatid cyst.



Histopathology of Taenia saginata in appendix.



Histopathology of Taenia saginata in appendix.



Histopathology of Taenia saginata in appendix.



Histopathology of Taenia saginata in appendix.



Hymenolepsis diminuta egg.



Taenia egg.



Taenia egg.



Histopathology of Echinococcus granulosus hydatid cyst in a sheep.



Taenia egg.



Proglottid of Taenia solium.



Protoscolices of Echinococcus sp.



Histopathology of hydatid cyst.



Histopathology of hydatid cyst.



Echinococcus scolex from hydatid cyst.



Proglottid of Mesocestoides sp. Unstained.



Proglottid of Mesocestoides sp.



Posterior chain of Mesocestoides sp.



Posterior chain of Mesocestoides sp.



Anterior chain of Mesocestoides sp.



Anterior chain of Mesocestoides sp.



Egg of Taenia sp.



Egg packet of Dipylidium caninum.



Scolex of Taenia solium.



Gravid proglottids of Diphyllobothrium latum.



Egg of Diphyllobothrium latum.



Gross pathology photograph of the membrane and hydatid daughter cysts excised from a human lung.



This micrograph is from a larval lesion on a vole experimentally infected with the parasite Echinococcus multilocularis.



This is a photomicrograph of protoscolex hooks of Echinococcus vogeli taken from a cyst within a gorilla.



This is a photomicrograph of a Echinococcus vogeli protoscolex taken from a cyst within a gorilla.



This is a photomicrograph of Echinococcus vogeli taken from a gorilla at the Los Angeles Zoo.



This photomicrograph reveals the presence of Echinococcus vogeli taken from a gorilla at the Los Angeles Zoo.



These are immature proglottids from the tapeworm, Mesocestoides variabilis, taken from an 18 month old child.



This is a mature proglottid from the tapeworm, Mesocestoides variabilis, taken from an 18 month old child.



This is a mature tapeworm, Mesocestoides variabilis, taken from an 18 month old child.



This is an illustration of the life cycle of Taenia spp., the causal agents of Cysticercosis.



This is an illustration of the life cycle of Diphyllobothrium spp., the causal agents of Diphyllobothriasis.



This is an illustration of the life cycle of Dipylidium caninum, which mainly infects dogs and cats, seldom in humans.



This is an illustration of the life cycle of Hymenolepis diminuta, the causal agent of Hymenolepiasis.



This is an illustration of the life cycle of Hymenolepis nana, the causal agent of Hymenolepiasis.



This is an illustration of the life cycle of Taenia saginata and Taenia solium, the causal agents of Taeniasis.



This micrograph depicts an egg from either a T. saginata, or T. solium cestode, i.e., tapeworm.



This photograph depicts a mature Taenia saginata tapeworm, a parasitic cestode organism.



This image depicts a gravid proglottid, (the tapeworm segment containing eggs) from a Taenia solium tapeworm, or cestode.



This micrograph depicts an egg from a Hymenolepis nana tapeworm, or cestode.



This micrograph depicts an egg from a Hymenolepis diminuta tapeworm, or cestode.



This photomicrograph depicts an egg from the cestode, Diphyllobothrium latum.



This micrograph depicts a proglottid, i.e., a tapeworm segment, from the cestode Dipylidium caninum.



This micrograph depicts an egg packet from the cestode Dipylidium caninum.



This micrograph reveals an egg of tapeworm cestode parasite Diphyllobothrium latum.



This is an adult Taenia saginata tapeworm.



This micrograph reveals the organ morphology within Taenia solium tapeworm proglottids.



This micrograph reveals the morphology of a Taenia solium tapeworm scolex with its four suckers, and two rows of hooks.




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