Disseminated Microfilaremia Associated with Lung Cyst and Empyema: An Autopsy Report.
- Author:
Kirti GUPTA
1
;
Uma Nahar SAIKIA
;
Prateek BHATIA
;
Mandeep GARG
;
Ajay WANCHU
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Wuchereria bancrofti; filariasis; microfilaria; extralymphatic manifestations
- MeSH: Animals; Cysts/*parasitology/pathology; Elephantiasis, Filarial/*parasitology/pathology; Empyema/*parasitology/pathology; Fatal Outcome; Humans; Lung Diseases/*parasitology/pathology; Male; Wuchereria bancrofti/isolation & purification; Young Adult
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology 2009;47(1):49-52
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Clinical manifestations of extralymphatic disease caused by filariasis are varied and range from symptoms due to tropical pulmonary eosinophilia to hematuria, proteinuria, splenomegaly, and rarely arthritis. Disseminated microfilaremia in association with loculated lung cyst and empyema is of rare occurrence and to the best of our knowledge has not been documented in the literature so far. We report here a case of disseminated microfilaremia due to Wuchereria bancrofti infection accompanied by a lung cyst and empyema in a 21-year-old Indian man.
