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Dear doctors has anyone heard of 'skin' in stools. the pieces were about 4 inches long by 1inch. about 1/8 of an inch thick, clear in color?

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Dr. Arlo Miller answered

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No: That's strange. The first thing that comes to mind is whether they could have been segments of tapeworm.

Answered 12/9/2013

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A member asked:

Dear doctors has anyone heard of 'skin' in stools. the pieces were about 4 inches long by 1inch. about 1/8 of an inch thick, clear in color?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Arlo Miller answered

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