Open AccessFine-needle aspiration of axillary swelling: Cytodiagnosis of an unusual presentation of filariasis
Author(s) -
Deepak Kumar Gupta,
Puneet Gupta,
Minakshi Bhardwaj
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cyto journal/cytojournal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5963
pISSN - 1742-6413
DOI - 10.4103/cytojournal.cytojournal_17_19
Subject(s) - lymphatic filariasis , presentation (obstetrics) , fine needle aspiration cytology , medicine , occult , filariasis , fine needle aspiration , axillary lymph nodes , lymphatic system , pathology , surgery , general surgery , cytology , biopsy , breast cancer , helminths , immunology , alternative medicine , cancer
Lymphatic filariasis is a major public health problem in tropical and subtropical countries. Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is not routinely used for its identification. However, it has been detected incidentally, while doing FNAC for the evaluation of other lesions. We describe a presentation of occult filariasis with microfilariae (mf) in an isolated axillary swelling wherein FNAC was helpful in establishing the diagnosis.