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Actions	Remove from selection Add to selection Object numberGC.10423 DescriptionParasites — guineaworm abscess. From a female from African aged 8. There was a scar on the left leg the result of a guineaworm infection three years previously. Recently a swelling was discovered in the lumbar region. It was soft and painless and thought to be a lipoma. The lesion was excised and found to be a guineaworm cyst. The preparation has shrunken due to fixation. The abscess cavity with its wall of granulation and fibrous tissue is discoid in shape with a narrow prolongation which was detached during the operation. The female parasite worm partly occupied this prolongation and loops of it now hang free. SKIN, lumbar Production date 1951 Object nameSKIN, lumbar Object categoryAnatomical, specimen Dimensions Length: 6 cm Height: 11 cm Width: 7 cm

Object numberGC.10423

DescriptionParasites — guineaworm abscess. From a female from African aged 8. There was a scar on the left leg the result of a guineaworm infection three years previously. Recently a swelling was discovered in the lumbar region. It was soft and painless and thought to be a lipoma. The lesion was excised and found to be a guineaworm cyst. The preparation has shrunken due to fixation. The abscess cavity with its wall of granulation and fibrous tissue is discoid in shape with a narrow prolongation which was detached during the operation. The female parasite worm partly occupied this prolongation and loops of it now hang free. SKIN, lumbar

Production date 1951

Object nameSKIN, lumbar

Object categoryAnatomical, specimen

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