title: Adult filarial worm (Wuchereria bancrofti) in a benign ovarian tumour.
abstract: A case of an adult filarial worm (Wuchereria bancrofti) associated with a benign ovarian tumour and a cyst is presented. Possible reasons for the findings of a well preserved part of the worm and a foreign body granuloma in the lymphatic subendothelium are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ranatunga
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Edirisinghe
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: de Silva
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D005350:Fibroma / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D010048:Ovarian Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000302:isolation & purification*