Monday, February 18, 2008

Travel Medicine Case (?)


This is the case of a 44 year old male who presented to an Albuquerque hospital after passing a pale 1 meter long parasite. Pictured at right is the worm, which has the appearance of fresh linguine.

The specimen was taken to the lab where it was placed in fixative and then sent to the hospital media department for photographs.

History revealed that the man had not in fact traveled, but was an aficionado of fresh seafood. Additional questioning revealed that he had enjoyed salmon sushi, made at home, prepared from fresh fish. It is unknown whether he used wasabi or a fine sake with his meal!

As for the parasite ID:
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