Microfilariae in a cytologic smear from cavernous hemangioma of the liver. A case report.
BACKGROUND
Wuchereria bancrofti has been found in almost every tissue except the liver.


METHODS
Microfilariae were found in a hemangioma of the liver on fine needle aspiration in a 40-year-old female with pyrexia associated with hepatomegaly and a peripheral blood smear negative for microfilariae.


CONCLUSIONS
Absence of microfilariae in a peripheral blood smear does not exclude filarial infection.
Agarwal
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Department of Medicine, M.L.N. Medical College, Allahabad, India.
Khanna
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Barthwal
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000871:Anthelmintics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D004049:Diethylcarbamazine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D005368:Filariasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D006392:Hemangioma, Cavernous / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D006529:Hepatomegaly / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D008842:Microfilariae; D013048:Specimen Handling; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014839:Vomiting / Q000209:etiology; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D000871:Anthelmintics; D004049:Diethylcarbamazine