Microfilaria in a patient of achylous hematuria: A rare finding in urine cytology

Filariasis is a widespread public health problem seen commonly in tropical countries. Microfilariae have been reported in aspiration smears from various sites. However, it is very rare to detect these organisms in voided centrifuged urine cytology. We, report this rare finding in a 25-year-old patie...

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Autores principales: Ahuja, Arvind, Das, Presenjit, Durgapal, Prashant, Saini, Ashish, Dogra, Prem Nath, Mathur, Sandeep R, Iyer, Venkateswaran K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3391801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22787301
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9371.97163
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Sumario:Filariasis is a widespread public health problem seen commonly in tropical countries. Microfilariae have been reported in aspiration smears from various sites. However, it is very rare to detect these organisms in voided centrifuged urine cytology. We, report this rare finding in a 25-year-old patient who presented with achylous hematuria.

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