Research Article
A Cytological Study of Palpable Superficial Nodules of Parasitic Origin: A Study of 41 Cases
Table 1
Clinical data and cytological features of all the cases included in present study.
| | Cytological diagnosis | No. of cases | Age range (mean) year | Sex | Size range (median) cm | Distribution of different cytological findings | | N (%) | L (%) | E (%) | H (%) | PH (%) | GC (%) | G (%) | DGB (%) |
| | Cysticercosis | 19 | 4–34 (16.8) | M: 9
F: 10 | 0.5–3.0 (1.5) | 10 (53) | 16 (84) | 7 (37) | 14 (73) | 6 (31) | 9 (47) | 6 (31) | 6 (31) | | Filariasis | 5 | 10–32 (20.8) | M: 2
F: 3 | 1.0–2.5 (1.0) | 2 (40) | 4 (80) | 2 (40) | 3 (60) | 0 (0) | 1 (20) | 1 (20) | 0 (0) | | Hydatid cyst | 1 | 35 | M: 1
F: 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (100) | | Suspicious parasitic lesion | 16 | 5–38 (19.7) | M: 7
F: 9 | 0.5–4.5 (1.5) | 8 (50) | 12 (75) | 4 (25) | 11 (69) | 5 (31) | 6 (37) | 2 (13) | 5 (31) |
| | Total | 41 | 4–38 (18.9) | M: 19
F: 22 | 0.5–11 (1.5) | 20 (49) | 32 (78) | 13 (32) | 28 (68) | 11 (27) | 16 (39) | 9 (22) | 12 (29) |
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M: male; F: female; N: neutrophil; L: lymphocytes; E: eosinophil; H: histiocytes; PH: palisading histiocytes; GC: giant cells; G: granuloma; DGB: dirty granular background.
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