Case of the Week 678

This week ' s fascinating and unusual case was donated by Dr. Vicki Schnadig at University of Texas Medical Branch. The patient is an elderly woman from rural Louisiana who presented with a subcutaneous thigh nodule. Dr. Schnadig ' s team first performed a fine needle aspirate of the lesion which showed the following laminated spherical structure, but no definitive pathogen:Following this, the team noted a worm-like object protruding from the aspiration site and pulled it out:The following are histologic sections of this object:Diagnosis?
Source: Creepy Dreadful Wonderful Parasites - Category: Parasitology Source Type: blogs