Wuchereria bancrofti: Unusual Presentation as Pancytopenia
Wuchereria bancrofti is an endemic filarial nematode spread by a mosquito vector. The clinical manifestations vary from asymptomatic microfilaremeia to lymhoedema. We report two cases of microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti in bone marrow presenting as peripheral pancytopenia. The patient did not...
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| author | Mili Jain Ayush Shukla Ashutosh Kumar Rashmi Kushwaha Uma Shankar Singh |
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| description | Wuchereria bancrofti is an endemic filarial nematode spread by a mosquito vector. The clinical manifestations vary from asymptomatic
microfilaremeia to lymhoedema. We report two cases of microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti in bone marrow presenting as peripheral
pancytopenia. The patient did not have any classical features of lymphoedema or elephantiasis. The diagnostic demonstration of
microfilaria with unusual presentations has been done in cytology specimens from various sites. Microfilaria infection in association with
peripheral blood pancytopenia has been rarely reported. An aetiopathological co-relation of these haematological manifestations of
microfilaria needs further investigation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2d0fca9c883c4716bd09d2f4947b33f42022-12-21T23:48:45ZengJCDR Research and Publications Private LimitedJournal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research2249-782X0973-709X2016-07-01107ED05ED0610.7860/JCDR/2016/18960.8084Wuchereria bancrofti: Unusual Presentation as PancytopeniaMili Jain0Ayush Shukla1Ashutosh Kumar2Rashmi Kushwaha3Uma Shankar Singh4Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, UP, India.Senior Resident, Department of Clinical Hematology, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, UP, India.Professor, Department of Pathology, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, UP, India.Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, UP, India.Professor, Department of Pathology, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, UP, India.Wuchereria bancrofti is an endemic filarial nematode spread by a mosquito vector. The clinical manifestations vary from asymptomatic microfilaremeia to lymhoedema. We report two cases of microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti in bone marrow presenting as peripheral pancytopenia. The patient did not have any classical features of lymphoedema or elephantiasis. The diagnostic demonstration of microfilaria with unusual presentations has been done in cytology specimens from various sites. Microfilaria infection in association with peripheral blood pancytopenia has been rarely reported. An aetiopathological co-relation of these haematological manifestations of microfilaria needs further investigation.https://jcdr.net/articles/PDF/8084/18960_CE(RA1)_F(T)_PF1(SWAK)_PFA(AK)_PF2(PAG).pdfbone marrow parasitematuration arrestmicrofilariae |
| spellingShingle | Mili Jain Ayush Shukla Ashutosh Kumar Rashmi Kushwaha Uma Shankar Singh Wuchereria bancrofti: Unusual Presentation as Pancytopenia Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research bone marrow parasite maturation arrest microfilariae |
| title | Wuchereria bancrofti: Unusual Presentation as Pancytopenia |
| title_full | Wuchereria bancrofti: Unusual Presentation as Pancytopenia |
| title_fullStr | Wuchereria bancrofti: Unusual Presentation as Pancytopenia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Wuchereria bancrofti: Unusual Presentation as Pancytopenia |
| title_short | Wuchereria bancrofti: Unusual Presentation as Pancytopenia |
| title_sort | wuchereria bancrofti unusual presentation as pancytopenia |
| topic | bone marrow parasite maturation arrest microfilariae |
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