Microfilaria in hydrocele fluid cytology.
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.
Chandran
Patricia Ann
PA
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Jayaram
Gita
G
Mahmud
Rohela
R
Anuar
A Khairul
AK
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*