DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i10.030

Pages: 3366-3369

Filariasis is a major public health problem especially in tropical countries like India. The disease is conventionally examined in peripheral blood smears. Fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) is not routinely used for its identification. It has usually been detected incidentally, while performing FNACs for evaluation of other lesions. The disease might be missed if we are unaware of the possibility, especially in the absence of eosinophilia. We have also found microfilaria in cytological smears incidentally. Here we report a series of 5 cases at unusual sites.