brood capsules

brood cap·sules

small hollow projections from the lining membrane of a hydatid cyst from which the scoleces arise.
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Histopathology of the specimen read laminated membrane and detached scolices and brood capsules. No ovarian tissue was identified.
Hydatid cyst presenting as ovarian cyst: a case report
Brood capsules and protoscoleces bud from the germinal membrane.
Acute urinary retention due to cystic echinococcosis: A case report
Kamel carried out DNA analysis of brood capsules to determine the eggs' parentage.
Male snails babysit for promiscuous females
The primary cysts are fertile as they contain scolices and brood capsules hence, rupture of primary cyst can result in recurrence.
A huge silent intracranial hydatid cyst in an adult male: a case report
MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION: Sections from the both cysts showed outer laminated hyaline membrane the ecto cyst and inner granular germinal layer the endocyst, focally attached to the endocyst are brood capsules containing scolices within.
Giant hydatid cysts of the left lung: case report
** endocyst: inner germinal layer gives rise to brood capsules (daughter vesicles), scolices
In primary multiple cysts, each cyst has a separate pericyst with brood capsule scolices and these originate from multiple larvae affecting brain after crossing the gastrointestinal tract, liver, lungs and right side of heart without affecting them.
Cerebral hydatid disease: CT and MR imaging findings

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