Adult filarial worm in a fine needle aspirate of a soft tissue swelling

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 944-946

  Pandit, Ajita Avinash ^a   Shah, Rajshri Kirit ^a   Shenoy, Sudhir G ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Infections; Soft tissue; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE;

ANIMAL; CASE REPORT; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM DISEASE; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PARASITOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC DISEASES; MICROFILARIA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0031137150     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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