A patient presented with complains of chronic constipation and diarrhoea. There was excessive associated weight loss. Intestinal biopsy was obtained and it showed the following findings. What is your diagnosis?: (A) Giardia, (B) Entamoeba, (C) Whipple's disease, (D) CMV
Answer is A. Ans. (a) Giardiawww.ncbi.nihgov/pubmed/104699(Ref: )This image shows Giardia lamblia infection of the small intestine. The small pear-shaped trophozoites live in the duodenum and become infective cysts that are excreted. They produce a watery diarrhea. A useful test for diagnosis of infectious diarrheas is stool examination for ova and parasites.