RT - Journal
TY - JOUR
A1 - Panicker, Narayanan
A1 - Buch, Archana
A1 - Vimal, Shruti
A1 - Dharwadkar, Arpana
T1 - Cytological diagnosis of microfilariae in subcutaneous nodule
YR - 2012/1/1
JF - Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil University
JO - Med J DY Patil Univ
SP - 71
OP - 72
VO - 5
IS - 1
UL - https://journals.lww.com/mjdy/pages/default.aspx/article.asp?issn=0975-2870;year=2012;volume=5;issue=1;spage=71;epage=72;aulast=Panicker;t=5
DO - 10.4103/0975-2870.97521
N2 - Microfilariaemia presenting with subcutaneous nodule is rare. We report a case of a 22-year-old female patient who presented with a subcutaneous nodule on right forearm. Fine-needle aspiration cytology from the nodule showed many sheathed motile microfilaria on wet mount preparation during day time. Wuchereria loa loa is known to be associated with soft tissue swellings as reported earlier. Nocturnal motility and cytomorphological features differentiate Wuchereria bancrofti from Wuchereria loa loa.
ER -