Sketchy: Cestodes Flashcards
1
Q
Cue:
- “circus” sign with strong man named Al bending a bar
A
albendazol (tx for neurocysticercosis)
2
Q
Cue:
- kid dressed in pink and orange using a slingshot with small granules everywhere
A
- eosinophils
- sling shot is bi-lobed-shaped like their nuclei
3
Q
Cue:
- funny first-place ribbon on the liver-spot shape of the cocker spaniel dog
A
- first place ribbon shape = hydatid cyst
- on liver spot = in liver
- cocker spaniel dog = Echinococcus granulosus (sheep tapeworm)
4
Q
Cue:
- Pretzel stand
A
tx for Taenia is praziquantel
5
Q
Cue:
- cheese wheels shaped like eggs that have fallen into the poop water
A
- eggs = ingestion –> neurocysticercosis
- in the poop water = transmission via ingestion of animal feces- contaminated water
6
Q
Cue:
- cocker spaniel dog
A
Echinococcus granulosus (sheep tapeworm)
7
Q
Cue:
- girl flying off circus-themed carousel, landing on a table of cheese, with cheese on her head
A
- circus-themed carousel = neurocysticercosis
- girl flying off = seizures
- cheese = swiss cheese head CT
8
Q
Name the largest tapeworm (it can grow up to 10m long).
A
Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm)
9
Q
What is the tx for Diphyllobothrium latum?
A
praziquantel or niclosamide
10
Q
What is a risk for a hydatid cyst?
A
it could rupture –> anaphylaxis, acute abdomen
11
Q
Cue:
- the cow’s tent is sagging
A
- Taenia saginata
- cow meat is the intermediate
12
Q
What is the tx for neurocysticercosis?
A
praziquantel with albendazol
13
Q
Cue:
- man leaving the porta-potty with toilet paper stuck to his shoe that is tearing off in a puddle of mud
A
- diagnosis of Diphyllobothrium latum by proglottid segments seen on stool O&P
- mud = stool
14
Q
What causes hydatid cysts?
A
Echinococcus granulosus (sheep tapeworm)
15
Q
Cue:
- sign that says “must B12 to buy fireworks”
A
Diphyllobothrium latum causes B12 deficiency –> megaloblastic anemia
