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Case Reports
. 2010 Jun;82(6):980.
doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.2010.09-0743.

Microscopic image of the protoscolex of Echinococcus granulosus on the "Hydatid Sand"

Antonio Soriano Arandes  1 , Frederic Gómez Bertomeu, Joaquin Maldonado Artero
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Microscopic image of the protoscolex of Echinococcus granulosus on the "Hydatid Sand"

Antonio Soriano Arandes et al. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2010 Jun.
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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Image from a computed tomography study of the abdomen of the patient.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Hydatid sand containing a protoscolex of Echinococcus granulosus was seen by light microcopy. This figure appears in color at www.ajtmh.org.
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