Plant root hair in tap water: a potential cause for diagnostic confusion.
Plant root hairs are commonly found artifacts in parasitology specimens and may be confused with helminthes by an untrained eye. We report a case of brain tuberculoma where the tissue sample was contaminated with root hair derived from tap water; the presence of this root hair, which mimicked a larva, led to diagnostic confusion. Therefore, tap water should be considered a source of root hair and vegetable matter.
Department of Microbiology, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan. sadia.shakkoor@aku.edu
Sadia
S
Shakoor
Mohammad
M
Wasay
Afia
A
Zafar
Mohammad Asim
MA
Beg
D000818:Animals; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006373:Helminthiasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006376:Helminths / Q000254:growth & development; D006801:Humans; D007814:Larva / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014375:Tuberculoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014867:Water
D014867:Water
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