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An Asian Patient with Intestinal Obstruction, Mucoid Diarrhea, and Eosinophilia

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An Asian patient with intestinal obstruction, mucoid diarrhea, and eosinophilia was tested for fecal parasites. The fecal sediment revealed a large (180 µm x 90 µm) oval egg with a small operculum. This parasite probably is:


A) Clonorchis sinensis
B) Fasciolopsis buski
C) Fasciola hepatica
D) Paragonimus westermani

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