Case 232.
Sarcosporidiosis (pig heart)
Incidental findings of pig heart
Key words :
Sarcocystis
sp., sarcocyst
A sarcocyst in the heart muscle cell is filled with basophilic bradyzoites (HE). No inflammatory reaction is seen.
The bradyzoites of
Sarcocystis suihominis
are crescent-shaped and possess nucleus (Giemsa).
Sarcocystis
is non-pathogenic to the human.