The Burden of Neurocysticercosis at a Single New York Hospital

Figure 5

Both panels refer to same specimen.(a) This tissue, submitted as spherical lesions from the cervicomedullary junction, consists of one or more folded cyst walls of larvae of T solium. No scolex was found after examining multiple levels of the paraffin block (40x). (b) Detail of a region of the cyst wall shows the cuticular outer layer with multiple protrusions, the middle cellular layer, and the inner loose reticular layer that is characteristic of this organism (100x) (stain: hematoxylin and eosin).

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