Case of the Week 605
It's the first Monday of the month and time for our case from Idzi Potters and the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp. A middle-aged man brought the following worm to his primary care provider. He noticed it in the toilet after a bowel movement. See a video of this parasite here. What's the identification?
Read Dr. Pritt's blog, Parasite Wonders, and submit your answers, comments, and questions. Also, visit her website ParasiteWonders.com, which hosts an archive of classic images from cases Dr. Pritt posted going back to 2007 (in an easy-to-search "A through Z" format) and also offers a flashcard feature.



Answer to Case 605:
Earthworm, an oligochaete.