Microfilaria in association with adrenal lymphoma diagnosed on cytology: an extremely rare case report
Author(s) -
Sushila Jaiswal,
Gyan Chand,
Hira Lal,
Mukul Vij,
Rakesh Pandey
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
turkish journal of pathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.305
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 1309-5730
pISSN - 1018-5615
DOI - 10.5146/tjpath.2013.01166
Subject(s) - microfilaria , lymphoma , medicine , pathology , cytology , dermatology , filariasis , immunology , helminths
Filariasis is a common public health problem in Asian countries. In this report, the authors have described detection of microfilaria in the cytological specimen of adrenal lymphoma. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case in the literature where microfilaria was seen in an adrenal gland involved by lymphoma. The literature is briefly reviewed.
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