Chronic wuchereriasis presenting as a vaginoperineal fistula: Report of a case with aspiration cytologic diagnosis

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 335-338

  Sharma, Prashant ^a,b   Kumar, Neeta ^a   Jain, Parul ^a   Gur, Renu ^a   Jain, Shyama ^a  

^a LOK NAYAK HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Vaginal fistula; Wuchereria bancrofti

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FILARIASIS; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; PELVIS RADIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SMEAR; ULCER; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA DISEASE; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

FISTULA; WUCHERERIA BANCROFTI;

EID: 18744376288     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326160     Document Type: Article

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