Microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti in Testicular Aspirate
Journal Title: Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research - Year 2017, Vol 11, Issue 8
Abstract
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.
Authors and Affiliations
Anil kumar verma, Ashok Kumar Kapoor, Manish Singh
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- DOI 10.7860/JCDR/2017/30532.10505
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