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case_images: Left) Photomicrograph of the lymph node revealing necrotic lymphatic filled with coiled adult worms of microfilaria (H&E, x100); Right) Peripheral blood smear showing Wuchereria bancrofti (microfilarial) worm (Leishman stain, x200).
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case_images: Histopathology of the lymph node revealed necrotic lymphatic filled with coiled adult worms of Wuchereria bancrofti (microfilaria) (Fig 1) with double uteri in female worms. Subsequently after diethylcarbamazine citrate (DEC) challenge test, his peripheral blood also showed microfilarial worms (Fig 1), however he never had tissue/peripheral blood eosinophilia.