Aplastic anaemia with microfilaria in marrow aspirate

Wuchereria bancrofti is endemic in many parts of of south east asia including india. The parasite is reported previously in many aspirate cytology smears, however its rare to find this parasite in bone marrow aspirate smear and even rare is it association with aplastic anemia. We report here a case...

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Main Authors: Narender Tejwnai, Seema Tyagi, Jasmita Dass
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2012-03-01
Series:Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/403
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spelling doaj-e45544bf47684d13b2a2d058294dff282020-11-24T23:02:53ZengPAGEPress PublicationsMediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases2035-30062012-03-0141e2012019e201201910.4084/mjhid.2012.019295Aplastic anaemia with microfilaria in marrow aspirateNarender Tejwnai0Seema Tyagi1Jasmita Dass2All India Institute of Medical Sciences Department of Hwmatology Ansari nagar New DelhiAll India Institute of Medical Sciences Department of Hwmatology Ansari nagar New DelhiAll India Institute of Medical Sciences Department of Hwmatology Ansari nagar New DelhiWuchereria bancrofti is endemic in many parts of of south east asia including india. The parasite is reported previously in many aspirate cytology smears, however its rare to find this parasite in bone marrow aspirate smear and even rare is it association with aplastic anemia. We report here a case presenting with symptoms related to bone marrow failure and incidentally detected to have microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti. The case is reported because of this rare association.http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/403FilariasisAplsatic anemiaHypoplasia
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author Narender Tejwnai
Seema Tyagi
Jasmita Dass
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Seema Tyagi
Jasmita Dass
Aplastic anaemia with microfilaria in marrow aspirate
Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
Filariasis
Aplsatic anemia
Hypoplasia
author_facet Narender Tejwnai
Seema Tyagi
Jasmita Dass
author_sort Narender Tejwnai
title Aplastic anaemia with microfilaria in marrow aspirate
title_short Aplastic anaemia with microfilaria in marrow aspirate
title_full Aplastic anaemia with microfilaria in marrow aspirate
title_fullStr Aplastic anaemia with microfilaria in marrow aspirate
title_full_unstemmed Aplastic anaemia with microfilaria in marrow aspirate
title_sort aplastic anaemia with microfilaria in marrow aspirate
publisher PAGEPress Publications
series Mediterranean Journal of Hematology and Infectious Diseases
issn 2035-3006
publishDate 2012-03-01
description Wuchereria bancrofti is endemic in many parts of of south east asia including india. The parasite is reported previously in many aspirate cytology smears, however its rare to find this parasite in bone marrow aspirate smear and even rare is it association with aplastic anemia. We report here a case presenting with symptoms related to bone marrow failure and incidentally detected to have microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti. The case is reported because of this rare association.
topic Filariasis
Aplsatic anemia
Hypoplasia
url http://www.mjhid.org/index.php/mjhid/article/view/403
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