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 -