1. “Fecal Fettuccine”: A Silent Epidemic?
Ashok Cherian Jacob, MD, Sindhu S. Jacob, MD, Sony Jacob, MD, DTM 
The American Journal of Medicine 
Volume 119, Issue 3, Pages (March 2006)
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2. Figure 1
Proglottids (A) and a magnified view (B) of the characteristic operculated egg of Diphyllobothrium latum isolated from the patient’s feces. The eggs that are passed in the stool unembryonated are ellipsoidal, with an operculum (arrow) at one end and small knob at the other end. Size of the egg ranges from 58 to 76 μm by 40 to 51 μm.
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