- Eggs in Medical parasitology.

- when we asked about diagnosis of parasites

we may say that the diagnostic material is eggs

then we must say the characters of eggs

for example :-

Q laboratory diagnosis of fasciola gigantica ?

Answer:- examination of the stool for the characteristic

egg which has the following characters....?....

- when we talk about any egg of helminthes you must

comment on 6 items

4 s ...- size -shell - shape

- special characters

2c ....-content (contain embryo or not)

- colour
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** Size & shape of helminthic eggs :-

-140 x 70 micro meter (oval in shape)

egg of

- Fasciola hepatica .

- Fasciolopsis buski .

- Shistosoma mansoni.
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-180 x 90 micro meter (oval in shape)

egg of - Fasciola gigantica .
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-30 x 15 micro meter (oval in shape)

egg of :

- Heterophyes heterophyes.

- Metagonimus yokogawai.
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-100 x 50 micro meter (oval in shape)

egg of :

- Shistosoma Japonicum.

- Paragonimus westermani.
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-120 x 60 micro meter (oval in shape)

egg of - Shistosoma haematobium.
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- 70 x 45 micro meter (oval in shape)

egg of:

- Diphyllobothrium latum .

- Diphyllobothrium mansoni .

- Fertilized egg of Ascaris lumbricoides .
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- 40 micro meter (rounded in shape)

egg of:

- Taenia solium .

- Taenia saginata .

- Taenia multiceps .

- Echinococcus granulosus .
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- 30 x50 micro meter ( oval in shape)

egg of - Hymenolepis nana.
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- 60 x40 micro meter ( oval with rounded poles)

egg of - Ancylostoma duodenale.
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- 60 x80 micro meter ( oval in shape

egg of - Hymenolepis diminuta.
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- 25 x40 micro meter ( spherical in shape)

egg of -Dipylidium caninum .
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- 90 x45 micro meter ( oval in shape)

egg

- unFertilized egg of Ascaris lumbricoides .

- Trichostrongylus colubriformis.
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- 85 x75 micro meter ( oval in shape)

egg of - Toxocara species.
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- 50 x25 micro meter

egg of

- Enterobius vermicularis
( planoconvex (D shaped).)

- Trichuris trichiura (barrel shaped)
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- 45 x20 micro meter ( oval in shape)

egg of - Capillaria philippinensis.
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- 55 x30 micro meter ( oval in shape)

egg of - Strongyloides stercoralis.
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** Shell of the eggs :-

- Eggs with thin shell:-

egg of

- Fasciola hepatica .

- Fasciolopsis buski .

- Fasciola gigantica .

- Shistosoma mansoni.

- Shistosoma Japonicum.

- Shistosoma haematobium.

- Hookworms.

- Strongyloides stercoralis.

- Trichostrongylus colubriformis.
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- Eggs with thick shell:-

egg of

- Heterophyes heterophyes.

- Diphyllobothrium latum

- Diphyllobothrium mansoni

- Trichuris trichiura .

- Capillaria philippinensis.

- Paragonimus westermani.
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shell of

-Taenia solium .

- Taenia saginata .

- Taenia multiceps .

- Echinococcus granulosus

is composed of inner shell (thick radially striated

embryophore ) & outer shell (thin membranous)

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- shell of Hymenolepis nana.

is composed of inner layer (embryophore )

& outer layer (thin membranous)

the shell is provided with bipolar knobs & filaments

(4-8) at each pole.

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- shell of Hymenolepis diminuta.

similar to Hymenolepis nana without filaments
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- shell of Dipylidium caninum.

thin shell & is composed of 2 layers &separated

by transparent albuminous material .
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- shell of Enterobius vermicularis.

double walled & a 3rd outer thin albuminous sticky

layer.