Microfilaria in cytological smears at rare sites coexisting with unusual pathology: A series of seven cases [0.03%]
罕见部位细胞学涂片中微丝蚴与少见病理共存的七例报告
Chayanika Pantola,Sanjay Kala,Asha Agarwal et al.
Chayanika Pantola et al.
Filariasis is a major public health problem in India and microfilaria is sometimes seen during routine fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) smears, but it is very rare to find microfilaria coexistent with neoplastic lesions. Here we repor...
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Tropical parasitology. 2012 Jan;2(1):61-3. DOI:10.4103/2229-5070.97244 2012
Jugal K Kar,Manoranjan Kar
Jugal K Kar
The larval form of the parasite Echinococcus granulosus causes a hydatid cyst. The most common sites are liver and lungs. We present an unusual case of an isolated primary hydatid cyst of the spleen. In our case, ultrasonography images of t...
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Tropical parasitology. 2011 Jul;1(2):126-8. DOI:10.4103/2229-5070.86964 2011
Hydatid disease of the lung presenting with hemoptysis and simulating a lung abscess [0.03%]
以咯血和肺脓肿为表现的肺囊尾蚴病病例报告
Sunita Toleti,Mv Subbarao,Pragathi Dwarabu
Sunita Toleti
Hydatidosis is one of the most important zoonotic diseases in the world. In this report, we describe a 25-year-old patient from Guntur district of Andhra Pradesh who presented with cough, chest pain, dyspnoea, and hemoptysis due to hydatid ...
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Tropical parasitology. 2012 Jan;2(1):69-70. DOI:10.4103/2229-5070.97248 2012
Cysticercus cellulosae antigens in the serodiagnosis of neurocysticercosis [0.03%]
细胞壁抗原在神经囊尾蚴病血清学诊断中的作用研究
Subhash Chandra Parija,Ar Gireesh
Subhash Chandra Parija
Neurocysticercosis (NCC) is difficult to diagnose clinically because of its varied clinical presentation. However, an accurate diagnosis is possible only after suspicion on epidemiological grounds, proper interpretation of the clinical data...
Subbannayya Kotigadde,Sathyavathi Alva Ramesh,Kariyappa Thadiangada Medappa
Subbannayya Kotigadde
Dirofilariasis is primarily confined to animals such as dogs, cats, foxes and raccoons. Human dirofilariasis is an accidental zoonotic infection acquired through mosquitoes. Human dirofilariasis due to Dirofilaria repens though endemic in K...
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Tropical parasitology. 2012 Jan;2(1):67-8. DOI:10.4103/2229-5070.97247 2012
Se Damodaran,Prita Pradhan,Suresh Chandra Pradhan
Se Damodaran
Malaria is the third leading cause of death due to infectious diseases affecting around 243 million people, causing 863,000 deaths each year, and is a major public health problem. Most of the malarial deaths occur in children below 5 years ...
Chiranjib Nag,Mrinalkanti Ghosh,Taraknath Ghosh et al.
Chiranjib Nag et al.
Hydatid cysts usually involve the liver; extrahepatic localization is reported in 11% of all cases of abdominal hydatid disease. Cyst at unusual localization includes kidney, heart, spleen, pancreas and brain. Isolated involvement of muscle...
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Tropical parasitology. 2011 Jul;1(2):135-7. DOI:10.4103/2229-5070.86967 2011
Colorectal schistosomiasis: Is it still endemic in delta Egypt, early in the third millennium? [0.03%]
第三千年伊始埃及三角洲地区依然存在结肠直肠血吸虫病流行吗？
Yahia Z Gad,Nancy A Ahmad,Ibrahim El-Desoky et al.
Yahia Z Gad et al.
Background: Several governmental efforts have been exerted toward controlling schistosomiasis during the last decades in Egypt. This work was designed to study the prevalence of colorectal schistosomiasis in patients with...
Adult filarial worm in the aspirate from a breast lump mimicking fibroadenosis [0.03%]
乳腺吸取物中成年丝虫误诊为纤维腺瘤
I Chakrabarti,V Das,B Halder et al.
I Chakrabarti et al.
Filariasis is major public health hazard particularly in tropical countries like India. The presence of microfilaria using fine needle aspiration cytology has been reported from various sites. However, the presence of the adult gravid filar...
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Tropical parasitology. 2011 Jul;1(2):129-31. DOI:10.4103/2229-5070.86965 2011
Ranjan Kumar Dey,Rupali Dey,Rajdeep Saha
Ranjan Kumar Dey
We report a case of 35-year-old male patient who presented with painful right side of scrotum and worm pouting out of the scrotum. The patient had undergone surgery for strangulated right inguinal hernia 2 years back. On exploration we foun...
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Tropical parasitology. 2012 Jan;2(1):80-1. DOI:10.4103/2229-5070.97253 2012