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| Year : 2012 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 147-148 |
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Microfilaria in a patient of achylous hematuria: A rare finding in urine cytology
Arvind Ahuja1, Presenjit Das1, Prashant Durgapal1, Ashish Saini2, Prem Nath Dogra2, Sandeep R Mathur1, Venkateswaran K Iyer1
1 Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
2 Department of Urology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Correspondence Address:
Sandeep R Mathur
Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - 110 029
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-9371.97163
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Filariasis is a widespread public health problem seen commonly in tropical countries. Microfilariae have been reported in aspiration smears from various sites. However, it is very rare to detect these organisms in voided centrifuged urine cytology. We, report this rare finding in a 25-year-old patient who presented with achylous hematuria. |
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