A rare case of Wuchereria bancrofti in urine

Author(s): Ajmani P. S., Anand Bhadkariya

Abstract

A 30 years old migrant laborer from Odessa presented in the pathology outdoor department on December 2013, for examination of urine & hematological investigations for fever with chills & rigors not responding to treatment. The patient’s blood & urine samples were collected by the technician for advised investigations. When we saw the chylous urine sample then it was processed for the detection of microfilaria & it was found a rare case of chylous filariasis. On general examination, there was no hepatosplenomegaly or lymhadenopathy. Local examination including genitalia did not reveal any abnormality there was no sign of lymphangitis or lymphadenopathy at any site. After staining by May-Grunwald –Giemsa & Papanicolaou stains, the smear were reviewed under high power & it revealed the presence of two sheathed microfialaria morphologically resembling W. bancrofti.

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