Early diagnosis of filarial pleural effusion
| Author(s) : | Shah P Mehta A Mehta G Handa V Marathe A, |
| Publisher : | N/A |
| Publication Date : | 2003 |
| ISSN : | N/A |
| Abstract : | This paper describes a case of pleural effusion due to filariasis. Microfilaria of Wucheraria bancrofti were detected in the pleural fluid on cytological examination. Treatment with diethylcarbamazine cleared the pleural effusion., |