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(a and b) Smears from ipsilateral axillary lymph node aspirate showing sheathed microfilaria along with pleomorphic malignant ductal epithelial cells. ((MGG, x200) [Inset H&E, x400])
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However, the lymph node aspirate showed sheathed microfilariae along with tumor cells [Figure 1a and b]. Wuchereria bancrofti was identified by the presence of hyaline sheath, multiple coarse, discrete nuclei extending from the head to tail and the tail tip free of nuclei [Figure 1b].