Bancroftian filarial pleural effusion.
This paper describes a case of filarial pleural effusion, the fifth such to be reported. Microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti were detected in the pleural fluid on cytological examination. There was a prompt and complete response to treatment with diethylcarbamazine. There were, however, no symptoms and signs of tropical pulmonary eosinophilia nor any peripheral eosinophilia.
Aggarwal
J
J
Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi.
Kapila
K
K
Gaur
A
A
Wali
J P
JP
D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D004605:Elephantiasis, Filarial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010994:Pleura / Q000469:parasitology; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology*; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000302:isolation & purification*