Intestinal Schistosomiasis as Unusual Aetiology for Acute Appendicitis, Nowadays a Rising Disease in Western Countries
Figure 1
Paraffin embedded 5 m thick section of appendiceal wall, process from the patient appendix. Magnified image by Light microscopy and stained with Haematoxylin and Eosin saffron (H-E). The identification of a lateral spine on an oval egg (at the end of an oval egg) is consistent with S. mansoni.
