Microfilariae of Wuchereria
bancrofti in Testicular Aspirate
Published: August 1, 2017 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2017/30532.10505
Anil Kumar Verma, Ashok Kumar Kapoor, Manish Singh
1. Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences and Research, Sharda University, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India.
2. Pathologist, Department of Pathology, RML Mehrotra Pathology Ltd, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
3. Pathologist, Department of Pathology, RML Mehrotra Pathology Ltd, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Correspondence
Dr. Ashok Kumar Kapoor,
Pathologist, Department of Pathology, RML Mehrotra Pathology Ltd, Nirala Nagar, Lucknow-226020, Uttar Pradesh, India.
E-mail: drashokkapoor2016@gmail.com
Present study deals with results of fine needle aspiration of both the testes in a patient with azoospermia. Surprisingly, aspiration of right testis revealed large number of microfilariae in the smears. Conversely, left testicular aspirate showed few spermatogonia. However, microfilariae were not detected in venous blood smears. Findings of this study suggested possible role of Wuchereria bancrofti in causation of azoospermia.
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