Monthly case studies [Last Modified: ]

November, 2006

Case 191:
DPDx Telediagnosis Assistance received a request for confirmation of an identification by the Vermont Department of Health Laboratory.  Figures A and B show an object that was extracted from a chest wound of a patient.  The object measured 7mm.  The patient’s travel history was unknown.  What is your diagnosis?  Based on what criteria?

Case 191 Image A Case 191 Image B
A B

Acknowledgement: This case was kindly contributed by the Vermont Department of Health Laboratory.

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Case 192:
A request for confirmation of an identification was submitted to DPDx Telediagnosis Assistance.  Figures A and B were captured from a hematoxylin and eosin (H & E) stained histological section of a liver abscess found during an autopsy.  The patient had a travel history to Sri Lanka.  What is your diagnosis?  Based on what criteria?

Case 192 Image A Case 192 Image B
A B

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Images presented in the monthly case studies are from specimens submitted for diagnosis or archiving.  On rare occasions, clinical histories given may be partly fictitious.

 
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