(F) Cestodes: T. solium and saginata of Cyclophyllidea (module-based) Flashcards
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- It has a cosmopolitan distribution
- larval worm infection, called cysticercosis is possible with this species
- some group of people that do not eat pork because of their tradition are unlikely to become infected
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TAENIA SOLIUM AKA
Pork tapeworm
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larval worm infection is called?
cysticercosis
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Where does the adult inhabit?
- upper part of the jejunum with its scolex attached to the mucosa
- body folded back and forth in the lumen of the intestine
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life span
may be more than 25 years.
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Definitive host and intermediate host
Man is the usual definitive host. Pigs are the intermediate host.
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source of the infective stage
oink oink
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Size of adult worm
2-7 meters long
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Match Morphology:
1. broader than long
2. nearly square
3. longer than broad
4. alternate irregularly at the lateral margins of the segments
5. elliptical groups of follicles, median in position behind the ovary
A. genital pores
B. vitellaria
C. Immature segments
D. mature proglottids
E. gravid segment
CDEAB
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usual number of distinct proglottids
less than 1000
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MOT of Man
ingestion of inadequately cooked pork with cysticercus cellulosae larvae
p’wede rin embryonated egg
need complete
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Stomach juices digest the pork causing the release of the larvae, will evaginate their scolices when they reach the?
upper level of the small intestine
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The worm attaches, by means of the scolex, to the wall of the small intestine and becomes adult after how many weeks?
5-12 weeks
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Eggs escape from the ruptured uterus of the gravid proglottids and are, together with feces deposited in?
SOIL
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MOT of pigs
ingestion of the embryonated egg
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TOF. The egg hatches as it passes in the duodenum and jejunum of the pig.
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What penetrates the wall of the intestine to enter the mesenteric venules
Released oncosphere
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Released oncosphere penetrates the wall of the intestine to enter the mesenteric venules and carried throughout the body where it develops into the?
cysticercus cellulosae larvae
TAENIA SOLIUM: CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
TOF. Taeniasis solium produces no serious damage or grave manifestation.
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TAENIA SOLIUM: CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS
It may produce slight local inflammation of the intestinal mucosa due to mechanical irritation by the? (2)
strobila and the attached scolex
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found in practically all organs and tissues of man and symptoms vary according to the number of the larva present as well as their location
Cysticercus cellulosae
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Common locations of Cysticercus cellulosae
subcutaneous and intermuscular tissues
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resemble small lipomas
Subcutaneous cysts
removed surgically usually for diagnostic purposes
Subcutaneous cysts
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The larva provokes a typical sequence of local cellular reactions that include infiltration of?
five
neutrophils, eosinophils, lymphocytes, plasma cell, and giant cells
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Cysticercosis may also involve the eyes, brain, liver, lungs, and abdominal cavity. Except in the?
Except in the eye, ventricles of the brain and subarachnoid spaces of the cranium and rachi, the cysticercus is surrounded with a fibrous capsule.
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Cellular response is followed with?
fibrosis and necrosis
ibrosis and necrosis of the capsule with eventual caseation or calcification of the larvae
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It usually involves the voluntary muscles and there may be?
myositis with fever and eosinophilia