title: Microfilariae in bone marrow aspiration smears, correlation with marrow hypoplasia: a report of six cases.
abstract: Microfilariae have been reported in various cytological preparations, however there are very few case reports describing microfilariae in bone marrow aspirates. We report six such cases with the interesting finding of marrow hypoplasia in five of these cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014. ssharma@sgpgi.ac.in
authors.forename: Seema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rawat
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chowhan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology*; D001856:Bone Marrow Examination; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D005368:Filariasis / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008842:Microfilariae / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000150:complications*; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000302:isolation & purification*