title: Microfilaria in hydrocele fluid cytology.
abstract: Filariasis, a parasitic infection endemic in parts of India, Myanmar, islands of the South Pacific, West and East Africa and Saudi Arabia can be diagnosed from various types of cytopathological specimens. This case documents the detection of filarial infection from hydrocele fluid cytology in a 30-year-old Myanmar migrant worker in Malaysia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: Patricia Ann
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Chandran
authors.forename: Gita
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jayaram
authors.forename: Rohela
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mahmud
authors.forename: A Khairul
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Anuar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D005368:Filariasis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008842:Microfilariae / Q000166:cytology*; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D006848:Testicular Hydrocele / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*