A 15-year-old boy from a village near the Volta River in Ghana has multiple firm, non-tender subcutaneous nodules over his iliac crests and greater tr...

Question

A 15-year-old boy from a village near the Volta River in Ghana has multiple firm, non-tender subcutaneous nodules over his iliac crests and greater trochanters. What do these nodules contain?

Accepted Answer

Adult Onchocerca volvulus worms

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Calcified schistosome eggs

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Cysticerci of Taenia solium

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Larvae of Dracunculus medinensis

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Echinococcal cysts

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Onchocercomata

A 15-year-old boy from a village near the Volta River in Ghana has multiple firm, non-tender subcutaneous nodules over his iliac crests and greater trochanters. What do these nodules contain?