KROK 1 2007 – Question 131 · KROK (Medicine) · Biology
A patient complains of pain in the area of his liver. Duodenal intubation revealed yellowish, oval, narrowed at the poles eggs with an operculum at the end. Size of these eggs is the smallest among all helminth eggs. What is the most probable diagnosis?
- A. Teniasis
- B. Beef tapeworm infection
- C. Opisthorchosis
- D. Echinococcosis
- E. Diphyllobothriasis
Hint
Think of a fluke living in the bile ducts whose tiny, lid-bearing eggs turn up in duodenal contents, and compare them with the eggs of tapeworms.
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