PMC5928746_01
(A) Laryngoscopic view of a parasite on the surface of the cuneiform tubercle of the left arytenoid (black arrow). (B) A live worm demonstrating oral and ventral suckers during motion (black arrows). (C) The acetocarmine-stained Clinostomum complanatum demonstrating ovary and anterior/posterior testis. This figure appears in color at www.ajtmh.org.
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Laryngoscopic examination revealed a motile worm on the surface of the cuneiform tubercle of the left arytenoid (Figure 1A and Supplemental video 1). The worm was a linguiform trematode with two suckers on the ventral side (Figure 1B and Supplemental video 2). Further evaluation after fixation and staining clearly demonstrated ovary and anterior/posterior testis (Figure 1C).