On 2016 Jan 02, Prashant Sharma, MD, DM commented:

This highly unusual case was a diagnostic challenge wherein filarial infection diagnosed in a lymph node sample provided clues to the patient's non-healing fistula. Wuchereria bancrofti filariasis is commonly diagnosed in parts of India, and parasitic infections must be considered in the differential diagnosis of non-healing chronic discharging ulcers/fistulae. Please feel free to write to me for the full article.

On 2016 Jan 02, Prashant Sharma, MD, DM commented:

This highly unusual case was a diagnostic challenge wherein filarial infection diagnosed in a lymph node sample provided clues to the patient's non-healing fistula. Wuchereria bancrofti filariasis is commonly diagnosed in parts of India, and parasitic infections must be considered in the differential diagnosis of non-healing chronic discharging ulcers/fistulae. Please feel free to write to me for the full article.