Volume : 7, Issue : 12, December - 2018

MICROFILARIA IN BONE MARROW ASPIRATE: A CASE REPORT

Dr. Nishat Ahmad, Dr. M. A. Ansari, Dr. A. K. Sinha

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="text-align: justify;">Wuchereria bancrofti is the most common parasite causing lymphatic filariasis.</span><span style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp; </span><span style="text-align: justify;">Microfilariae are dem&shy;onstrated in the peripheral blood, body fluids, fine needle aspirates and in onchial ushings but it is an uncommon finding in the bone marrow.</span>< /> <span lang="EN-IN" style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;&#10;mso-fareast-font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;&#10;mso-ansi-language:EN-IN;mso-fareast-language:EN-IN;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">&nbsp;We report a case of a 45-year old male who presented with pyrexia of unknown origin and on peripheral blood and bone marrow examination found to have pan&shy;cytopaenia with megaloblastoid changes in the &nbsp;bone marrow and W. bancrofti microfilariae</span></p>