Balantidium ascites: an incidental smile in a cytospin during workup for malignancy

Cytopathology. 2014 Apr;25(2):138-40. doi: 10.1111/cyt.12054. Epub 2013 Mar 13.

Authors

K Majumdar¹, P Sakhuja, D Jain, M Singh, A Agarwal

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pathology, G B Pant Hospital, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, New Delhi, India.

PMID: 23490172
DOI: 10.1111/cyt.12054

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Ascites / parasitology
Balantidiasis / diagnosis*
Balantidiasis / parasitology
Balantidiasis / pathology
Balantidium / isolation & purification*
Balantidium / pathogenicity
Cytodiagnosis*
Humans
Incidental Findings
Male
Middle Aged