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A 45-year-old man comes to the physician because of ...

Muscle biopsy

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submitted by sattanki(27),

Muscle pain + periorbital edema is a classic presentation for trichonella spiralis. Best diagnosis for this is a muscle biopsy, as the wormy likes to hangout within the muscles.

sympathetikey That's what you get for killing polar bears. +9

dr.xx That's what you get for not cooking them well. +

charcot_bouchard Theres nothing called "well cooked polar bear meat" +

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submitted by neonem(227),

Apparently trichinella lies around in muscle of all of the random exotic animals that most people wouldn't normally eat... things like bear, wild boars/pork (like in Sketchy Micro), big cats, foxes, dogs, horses, seals, walruses. In case you needed another reason to not hunt and consume these animals?