title: Wuchereria bancrofti: Unusual Presentation as Pancytopenia.
abstract: Wuchereria bancrofti is an endemic filarial nematode spread by a mosquito vector. The clinical manifestations vary from asymptomatic microfilaremeia to lymhoedema. We report two cases of microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti in bone marrow presenting as peripheral pancytopenia. The patient did not have any classical features of lymphoedema or elephantiasis. The diagnostic demonstration of microfilaria with unusual presentations has been done in cytology specimens from various sites. Microfilaria infection in association with peripheral blood pancytopenia has been rarely reported. An aetiopathological co-relation of these haematological manifestations of microfilaria needs further investigation.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, King George's Medical University , Lucknow, UP, India .
authors.forename: Mili
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jain
authors.affiliation: Senior Resident, Department of Clinical Hematology, King George's Medical University , Lucknow, UP, India .
authors.forename: Ayush
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shukla
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Pathology, King George's Medical University , Lucknow, UP, India .
authors.forename: Ashutosh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, King George's Medical University , Lucknow, UP, India .
authors.forename: Rashmi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kushwaha
authors.affiliation: Professor, Department of Pathology, King George's Medical University , Lucknow, UP, India .
authors.forename: Uma Shankar
authors.initials: US
authors.lastname: Singh
keywords: Bone marrow parasite; Maturation arrest; Microfilariae