Rare association of microfilaria with poorly differentiated mucin-secreting metastatic carcinoma in liver aspirate cytology

Filariasis, a neglected tropical disease (NTD), is mainly caused by nematodes—Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi and B. timori. Apart from profoundly disabling and disfiguring major clinical manifestations—lymphoedema, elephantiasis and hydrocoele—asymptomatic microfilaremia is common in endemic ar...

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Published in:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Gahine, Renuka, Das, Aditi, Jain, Vishal Kumar, Agrawal, Apurva
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2019
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Rare Disease
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6827759/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31645405
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2019-231618
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