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Undiluted gallbladder, thin-walled, with a stone of 1.06cm
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The abdominal Ultrasound showed a thin walled gallbladder with a 10mm stone and no other abnormalities (Figure 1).
Calcified bilharzia eggs in the gallbladder chorion (HEx50)
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Histologically there was inflammation and fibrosis in the mucosa, lymphocytic infiltrate in the chorion and calcified schistosomal ova were seen in the wall of the gallbladder which stained positively with periodic acid-Schiff (Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4).
Eggs with hyaline thin wall sometimes calcified (HEx200)
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Histologically there was inflammation and fibrosis in the mucosa, lymphocytic infiltrate in the chorion and calcified schistosomal ova were seen in the wall of the gallbladder which stained positively with periodic acid-Schiff (Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4).
Colored eggs with periodic acid Schiff (PASx400)
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Histologically there was inflammation and fibrosis in the mucosa, lymphocytic infiltrate in the chorion and calcified schistosomal ova were seen in the wall of the gallbladder which stained positively with periodic acid-Schiff (Figure 2, Figure 3, Figure 4).