LYMPHOGRAPHIC ABNORMALITIES IN PATIENTS WITH BRUGIA MALAYI FILARIASIS AND "IDIOPATHIC TROPICAL EOSINOPHILIA''

TJ Tan, E Kosin, TH Tan

Abstract


Peripheral lymphography was carried out in
17 patients with elephantiasis and
microfilaremia (Brugia malayi) and the findings
compared to ten patients with "idiopathic
tropical eosinophilia.'' There were extensive
changes in peripheral lymphatic and regional
nodal architecture in each group suggesting that
"occult filariasis" is the cause of idiopathic
tropical eosinophilia.


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