During dehelmintization there was a 3,5-meter-long tapeworm produced from the patient’s intestine.There are 4 suckers and hooks on the tapeworm’s scolex. Mature segments of the tapeworm are immobile and have up to 12 uterine branches. What disease is it?

Answer options

1. Beef tapeworm infection
2. Diphyllobothriasis
3. Echinococcosis
4. Teniasis
5. Opisthorchiasis

Explanation

During dehelmintization there was a 3,5-meter-long tapeworm produced from the patient’s intestine. There are 4 suckers and hooks on the tapeworm’s scolex. Mature segments of the tapeworm are immobile and have up to 12 uterine branches. What disease is it?The scolex is usually covered with hooks or suckers and is used by helminth taxonomists as a key characteristic for identifying species of tapeworms. The pork tapeworm, Taenia solium has a scolex