Case of the Week 572

This week ' s cool case is from Dr. Marta Maia. The specimen is skin currettings, and the object below was viewed using a dissecting microscope. The patient had developed a firm, painful 3 mm-diameter lesion on the sole of his foot after a recent vacation in Brazil. During his vacation, we swam in the ocean and walked barefoot on the beach. Identification?
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs