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***Often look like a crescent moon ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crescent_Moon.JPG image of crescent moon]) or semicircular<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicircle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicircle]</ref> -- as the long axis of the organism is rarely in the plane of the (histologic) section. | ***Often look like a crescent moon ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crescent_Moon.JPG image of crescent moon]) or semicircular<ref>[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicircle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semicircle]</ref> -- as the long axis of the organism is rarely in the plane of the (histologic) section. | ||
DDx: | |||
* | *[[Celiac disease]] - near perfect mimic; missing giardia organisms. | ||
Images: | Images: | ||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giardiasis_duodenum_high.jpg Giardiasis - high mag. (WC)]. | *[[WC]]: | ||
*[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giardiasis_duodenum_low.jpg Giardiasis - low mag. (WC)]. | **[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giardiasis_duodenum_high.jpg Giardiasis - high mag. (WC)]. | ||
**[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giardiasis_duodenum_low.jpg Giardiasis - low mag. (WC)]. | |||
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**[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case278.html Giardiasis - several crappy images (upmc.edu)]. | |||
==Acute duodenitis== | ==Acute duodenitis== |
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