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Adult filarial worm (Wuchereria bancrofti) in a benign ovarian tumour
N Ranatunga1, J S Edirisinghe, T de Silva
1Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya.
The Ceylon Medical Journal
|September 1, 1992
Abstract:
A case of an adult filarial worm (Wuchereria bancrofti) associated with a benign ovarian tumour and a cyst is presented. Possible reasons for the findings of a well preserved part of the worm and a foreign body granuloma in the lymphatic subendothelium are discussed.