Microfilaria in a patient of achylous hematuria: A rare finding in urine cytology.
Filariasis is a widespread public health problem seen commonly in tropical countries. Microfilariae have been reported in aspiration smears from various sites. However, it is very rare to detect these organisms in voided centrifuged urine cytology. We, report this rare finding in a 25-year-old patient who presented with achylous hematuria.
Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Arvind
A
Ahuja
Presenjit
P
Das
Prashant
P
Durgapal
Ashish
A
Saini
Prem Nath
PN
Dogra
Sandeep R
SR
Mathur
Venkateswaran K
VK
Iyer