Bancroftian microfilariasis in association with pulmonary tuberculosis. Report of a case with diagnosis by fine needle aspiration |
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| Authors: | R Avasthi A P Jain K Swaroop N Samal |
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| Institution: | Department of Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sewagram, Maharashtra, India. |
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| Abstract: | A 25-year-old man presented with clinical and radiologic features suggestive of pulmonary tuberculosis. Since the examination of Ziehl-Neelsen-stained sputum smears for acid-fast bacilli was repeatedly negative, a transthoracic fine needle aspiration biopsy was performed. Papanicolaou-stained smears of the aspirate showed microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti and a tuberculous exudate but no acid-fast bacilli or classic granulomas. Subsequent sputum samples did show acid-fast bacilli, while a nocturnal peripheral blood sample showed microfilariae. |
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