Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research (Jul 2016)

Wuchereria bancrofti: Unusual Presentation as Pancytopenia

  • Mili Jain,
  • Ayush Shukla,
  • Ashutosh Kumar,
  • Rashmi Kushwaha,
  • Uma Shankar Singh

DOI
https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2016/18960.8084
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 7
pp. ED05 – ED06

Abstract

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Wuchereria bancrofti is an endemic filarial nematode spread by a mosquito vector. The clinical manifestations vary from asymptomatic microfilaremeia to lymhoedema. We report two cases of microfilaria of Wuchereria bancrofti in bone marrow presenting as peripheral pancytopenia. The patient did not have any classical features of lymphoedema or elephantiasis. The diagnostic demonstration of microfilaria with unusual presentations has been done in cytology specimens from various sites. Microfilaria infection in association with peripheral blood pancytopenia has been rarely reported. An aetiopathological co-relation of these haematological manifestations of microfilaria needs further investigation.

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