Myeloblasts and atypical bone marrow: Fortuitous discovery of the filiarial nematode loa loa in the bone marrow during a work-up for prolymphocytic T-cell leukemia.
M Igala, S A Nto'o Eyene, L E Ledaga Lentombo, S W Mbiye Cheme, L Rerambiah, S Ntsame Ngoua, L F Pemba, J Iba Ba, M Bouyou Akotet, J B Boguikouma
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Loiasis is a chronic cutaneous disease caused by a filarial nematode for whom humans are the only definitive host: Loa loa, an African eyeworm transmitted by Chrysops flies. The parasite is seen on blood smears, in the skin, or during its ocular migration, but rarely on a bone marrow smear. We report the case of a 57-year-old Gabonese woman whose bone marrow aspiration during a work-up for T-cell leukemia fortuitously found Loa loa filariae.
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