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Sketchy: Cestodes Flashcards

1
Q

Cue:

  • “circus” sign with strong man named Al bending a bar
A

albendazol (tx for neurocysticercosis)

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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
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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)
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Cue:

  • Pretzel stand
A

tx for Taenia is praziquantel

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5
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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
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Cue:

  • cocker spaniel dog
A

Echinococcus granulosus (sheep tapeworm)

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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
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8
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Name the largest tapeworm (it can grow up to 10m long).

A

Diphyllobothrium latum (fish tapeworm)

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9
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What is the tx for Diphyllobothrium latum?

A

praziquantel or niclosamide

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What is a risk for a hydatid cyst?

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it could rupture –> anaphylaxis, acute abdomen

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Cue:

  • the cow’s tent is sagging
A
  • Taenia saginata
  • cow meat is the intermediate
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What is the tx for neurocysticercosis?

A

praziquantel with albendazol

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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
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14
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What causes hydatid cysts?

A

Echinococcus granulosus (sheep tapeworm)

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15
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Cue:

  • sign that says “must B12 to buy fireworks”
A

Diphyllobothrium latum causes B12 deficiency –> megaloblastic anemia

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16
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What lab finding is seen in all helminth infections?

A

eosinophilia

17
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What is Diphyllobothrium latum?

A

fish tapeworm

18
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Cue:

  • meat hooks on the pig’s tent
A

hooks on the proglottid heads of Taenia solium seen on O&P

19
Q

Cue:

  • porta potty with a nickel coin box on the front door
A
  • porta potty = diarrhea
  • nickel box = niclosamide (tx)
20
Q

Cue:

  • man holding crumbling ribbon turning red and puffy
A

ribbon = cyst rupture –> anaphylaxis, acute abdomen

21
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Cue:

  • sheep dog
A
  • dogs are the definitive host of Echinococcus granulosus (sheep tapeworm)
  • sheep are the intermediate host
22
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How is Diphyllobothrium latum transmitted?

A

eating uncooked or undercooked fish

23
Q

Cestode is just a fancy word for _____.

A

tapeworm

24
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Cue:

  • tents
A

Taenia genus

25
Q

How is neurocysticercosis acquired?

A

ingestion of Taenia eggs from animal feces-contaminated water

26
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Dx:

  • cyst-like mass in the liver with eggshell calcifications inside
A

hydatid cyst from Echinococcus granulosus (sheep tapeworm)

27
Q

Cue:

  • circus themed carousel of cows and pigs
A
  • neurocysticercosis
  • cows and pigs = caused by Taenia cestodes
28
Q

How do you get Taeniasis?

A

ingestion of cysts or larva in undercooked meat

29
Q

Cue:

  • Cobalt blue firework launched by the porta potty
A
  • cobalamin = B12
  • Diphyllobothrium latum causes diarrhea, B12 deficiency
30
Q

Cue:

  • egg-shaped trophy
A

Echinococcus granulosus (sheep tapeworm) is transmitted via eggs in feces

31
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Cue:

  • A sun on the pig’s tent with pig standing on a box that says “sold”
A
  • sun/sol = Taenia solium
  • pig meat is the intermediate

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