The Burden of Neurocysticercosis at a Single New York Hospital

Figure 4

This photomicrograph shows a necrotic scolex of a larva of T solium, which is the large ovoid structure that is centrally located in this image (100x). Also present is the rostellum (thick, black arrow), hooks (thin, black arrow), and two ventral suckers (white arrows). The scolex is surrounded by fingers and fronds of the necrotic cyst wall that has mild neutrophilic inflammation (stain: hematoxylin and eosin).