Anupindi L, Sahoo R, Rao R V, Verghese G, Rao P V
Department of Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, South Karnataka, India.
Acta Cytol. 1993 May-Jun;37(3):397-9.
Two cases of pulmonary filariasis with atypical clinical and radiologic features without significant eosinophilia are presented. A diagnosis of pulmonary filariasis could not have been made without bronchial brush cytology, which showed sheathed microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti. Both cases responded well to antifilarial treatment, indicating that the microfilariae were not an incidental finding but were responsible for the symptoms and radiologic lesions.
本文报告两例肺丝虫病，其临床和放射学特征不典型，嗜酸性粒细胞无明显增多。若没有支气管刷检细胞学检查显示班氏吴策线虫的鞘膜微丝蚴，肺丝虫病的诊断是不可能成立的。两例患者对抗丝虫治疗反应良好，这表明微丝蚴并非偶然发现，而是导致症状和放射学病变的原因。
