case_images: PMC6909590_01
case_images: (a) Swelling over the left axillary region, (b) Ultrasonography image showing ovoid solid mass in the left axilla with echogenic core
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case_images: F1
case_images: Local examination revealed a nontender mass with limited mobility measuring 3 cm x 2 cm with heterogeneous (soft to firm) consistency [Figure 1a]. Ultrasonography revealed a well-defined ovoid solid mass in the left axilla measuring 50 mm x 22 mm with echogenic core [Figure 1b].
case_images: (a) Sheathed microfilaria consistent with morphology of Wuchereria bancrofti admixed with lymphocytes (Papanicoloau, x400). (b) Prominence of lymphocytes along with presence of few eosinophils in the background (Giemsa, x400)
case_images: CJ-16-25-g002.jpg
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case_images: F2
case_images: The smears revealed multiple sheathed, coiled, slightly curved mf of bancrofti with the prominence of lymphocytes along with the presence of few eosinophils in a proteinaceous background [Figures 2a and b].