Gupta D, Gupta P, Bhardwaj M. Fine-needle aspiration of axillary swelling: Cytodiagnosis of an unusual presentation of filariasis.
Cytojournal 2019;
16:25. [PMID:
31897083 PMCID:
PMC6909590 DOI:
10.4103/cytojournal.cytojournal_17_19]
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Abstract
Lymphatic filariasis is a major public health problem in tropical and subtropical countries. Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is not routinely used for its identification. However, it has been detected incidentally, while doing FNAC for the evaluation of other lesions. We describe a presentation of occult filariasis with microfilariae (mf) in an isolated axillary swelling wherein FNAC was helpful in establishing the diagnosis.
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