18Jun 2017

INCIDENTAL FINDING OF MICROFILARIAE IN BONE MARROW ASPIRATE OF A PATIENT WITH TUBERCULOSIS: A CASE REPORT.

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Filariasis is one of the most prevalent helminthic infections worldwide. Filarial infections are a huge health burden in endemic areas. More than 90 percent of these infections are due to Wuchereria bancrofti. Data recently published by the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that more than 556 million people worldwide were treated for lymphatic Filariasis in 2015. The common features are asymptomatic microfilariaemia, acute adenolymphangitis, hydrocele and chronic lymphatic disease. The risk of developing neurological manifestations may increase in cases that harbor multiple filariasis or coinfections, for instance as with Plasmodium. Microfilariae are an uncommon finding in the bone marrow and their presence may be an incidental finding in the absence of the clinical features of lymphatic filariasis. The peripheral blood may or may not reveal the microfilariae and eosinophilia is absent in a majority of the cases. All the bone marrow aspirates must be screened for microfilariae in the endemic areas, to identify the asymptomatic carriers. We describe a case of TB who was incidentally found to have Filariasis demonstrated in bone marrow aspirate.

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[Somaya Albhaisi, Nihal Bashir and Tehmina Khan. (2017); INCIDENTAL FINDING OF MICROFILARIAE IN BONE MARROW ASPIRATE OF A PATIENT WITH TUBERCULOSIS: A CASE REPORT. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jun). 599-602] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Somaya Albhaisi
Medicine Institute, Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University Health System (VCUHS)

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/4455      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/4455

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