Volume : VII, Issue : V, May - 2017

Splenic Filariasis In Post Traumatic Splenectomy

Mahendra Singh, Pratishtha Rastogi, Chayanika Kala, Mohd Faheem

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 A 42–year old presented in surgery emergency with ruptured spleen in a road traffic accident, for which splenectomy was done. Gross examination showed a spleen weighing 400 grams and measuring approximately 16 x 9 x 5 cm. Histopathological examination revealed well defined granulomas comprising of epithelioid cells and foreign body type giant cells along with fair number of uncoiled sheathed microfilariae in and around these granulomas.

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Mahendra Singh, Pratishtha Rastogi, Chayanika Kala, Mohd Faheem, Splenic Filariasis In Post Traumatic Splenectomy, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾5 | May‾2017

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