Helminthes

Question 1

Trematodes (flukes)

Answer 1

Schistosoma
Paragonimus
Clonorchis sinensis
Fasciola hepatica
Fasciolopsis buski
Heterophyes

Question 2

Nematodes (round worms)

Answer 2

Ascaris
Necator
Ancylostoma
Trichiuris
Enterobius
Strongyloides
Capillaria
Wuchereria and Brugia
Trichinella
Onchocerca volvulus
Loa loa

Question 3

Giant roundworm

Answer 3

Ascaris

Question 4

Hookworm

Answer 4

Necator

Ancylostoma

Question 5

Whipworm

Answer 5

Trichuris

Question 6

Pinworm; seatworm

Answer 6

Enterobius

Question 7

Threadworm

Answer 7

Strongyloides stercoralis

Question 8

Pudoc worm

Answer 8

Capillaria

Question 9

Taenia spp with rostellum

Answer 9

T. solium

Question 10

Worms in vitreous humor

Answer 10

T. solium

Question 11

Dog tapeworm

Answer 11

Echinococcus granulosus

Question 12

Smallest tapeworm

Answer 12

Echinococcus granulosus

Question 13

Multiloculated cysts (honeycomb vesicles)

Answer 13

Echinococcus multilocularis

Question 14

Dwarf tapeworm

Answer 14

Hymenolepsis nana

Question 15

Tapeworm with polar filaments and 6-hooked larva

Answer 15

Hymenolepsis nana

Question 16

Rat tapeworm

Answer 16

Hymenolepsis diminuta

Question 17

MC tapeworm of dogs and cats; barrel-shaped proglottids

Answer 17

Dipylidium caninum

Question 18

Oriental blood fluke

Answer 18

S. japonicum

Question 19

Intermediate host of S. japonicum

Answer 19

Snail: Oncomelania hupensis quadrasi

Question 20

Dx test for S. japonicum

Answer 20

Kato-Katz 
Circumoval test (ovoid egg with small hook)

Question 21

Spectrum of acute disease caused by S. japonicum

Answer 21

Swimmer’s itch

Katayama fever

Question 22

Lung fluke

Answer 22

P. werstermanii

Question 23

Intermediate host of P. werstermanii

Answer 23

Snail: Antemelania asperata

Mountain crab: Sundathelphusa philippina

Question 24

Dx test for P. westermanii

Answer 24

3% NaOH preparation

Question 25

CXR: ring-shadow opacity

Answer 25

P. westermanii

Question 26

Asian liver flukes

Answer 26

Clonorchis sinensis | Opistorchis viverrini

Question 27

Intermediate hosts of asian liver flukes

Answer 27

Snail (Parafossarulus) | Fish (Cyprinidae)

Question 28

Potassium permanganate stain shows melon-like ridges

Answer 28

Asian liver flukes

Question 29

Ca associated with Clonorchis

Answer 29

Cholangiocarcinoma (Klatskin tumor)

Question 30

Sheep liver fluke

Answer 30

Fasciola hepatica

Question 31

Disease caused by Fasciola hepatica

Answer 31

Halzoun (obstructive jaundice and painful pharyngitis)

Question 32

Causes worm intoxication

Answer 32

Fasciolopsis buski

Question 33

Mimics PUD

Answer 33

Heterophyes heterophyes

Question 34

Tissue nematodes

Answer 34

Wuchereria and Brugia | Trichinella

Question 35

Mongol pencil-like worm

Answer 35

Ascaris

Question 36

Type of anemia caused by hookworms

Answer 36

Microcytic hypochromic anemia

Question 37

Causes cutaneous larva migrans

Answer 37

Hookworms

Question 38

Worms with lung migration phase (Loeffler's syndrome)

Answer 38

Ascaris Necator Ancylostoma Strongyloides

Question 39

Kato-katz shows barrel-shaped eggs with bipolar plugs

Answer 39

Trichuris

Question 40

Chinese lantern-shaped/ football-shaped worm

Answer 40

Trichuris

Question 41

Causes rectal prolapse

Answer 41

Trichuris

Question 42

MC STH in developed countries: a cosmopolitan worm

Answer 42

Enterobius

Question 43

Dx test for Enterobius

Answer 43

Graham's scotch tape technique: D-shaped eggs

Question 44

Causes pruritus ani and appendicitis (oxyuriasis)

Answer 44

Enterobius

Question 45

Dx test for Strongyloides stercoralis

Answer 45

Harada mori culture

Question 46

Causes larva currens, duodenitis, paradoxical asthma, and hyperinfection syndrome

Answer 46

Strongyloides stercoralis

Question 47

Only nematode which involves a migratory bird

Answer 47

Capillaria

Question 48

Kato-katz technique shows peanut-shaped eggs with flattened bipolar plugs

Answer 48

Capillaria

Question 49

Causes protein-losing enteropathy

Answer 49

Capillaria

Question 50

Causes borborygmus

Answer 50

Capillaria

Question 51

Mosquito vector of Brugia

Answer 51

Mansonia

Question 52

Mosquito vector of Wuchereria

Answer 52

Culex Aedes Anopheles

Question 53

Causes hydrocele

Answer 53

Wuchereria

Question 54

Causes elephantiasis

Answer 54

Brugia

Question 55

Demonstrates nocturnal periodicity

Answer 55

Wuchereria | Brugia

Question 56

Causes nocturnal wheezing (Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia)

Answer 56

Wuchereria | Brugia

Question 57

Meyers-Kouvenaar bodies is seen in?

Answer 57

nocturnal wheezing (Tropical pulmonary eosinophilia) Wuchereria Brugia

Question 58

Causes milky urine (chyluria)

Answer 58

Wuchereria | Brugia

Question 59

Intermediate hosts of Trichinella

Answer 59

Pigs

Question 60

Nurse cell

Answer 60

Trichinella

Question 61

Causes respiratory myositis (diaphragm)

Answer 61

Trichinella

Question 62

Vector of Onchocerca

Answer 62

Female blackfly (Simulium)

Question 63

Dermal nodules Hanging groin Lizard skin River blindness

Answer 63

Onchocerca

Question 64

Vector of Loa loa

Answer 64

Deer fly or mango fly (Chrysops)

Question 65

Calabar swellings | Worm crawling across the conjunctiva

Answer 65

Loaiasis

Question 66

Guinea fire worm

Answer 66

Dracunculus medinensis

Question 67

Live worm in skin ulcer

Answer 67

Dracunculus medinensis

Question 68

Dog ascaris

Answer 68

Toxocara canis

Question 69

Ocular larva migrans

Answer 69

Toxocara cani

Question 70

MCC of parasitic (eosinophilic) meningitis

Answer 70

Angiostrongylus cantonensis

Question 71

Causes eosinophilic gastroenteritis; ingested in raw seafood

Answer 71

Anisakis simplex

Question 72

Cestodes (flatworms)

Answer 72

``` T. solium T. saginata D. latum E. granulosus E. multilocularis Hymenolepsis nana Dipylidium caninum ```