Journal of AdvancedMedical and Dental Sciences Research

Aim: The sole endeavor of present retrospective study was to highlight accidental finding and incidence of microfilaria in bone marrow aspiration procedures attempted for various conditions. Study population was from eastern Uttar Pradesh region as there is no reliable data available particularly from this part of the said state. Materials & Methods: All studied patients were belonging to both male and female genders. Patients in this study were both from urban as well as rural areas of eastern Uttar Pradesh. Patients of anemia, pyrexia of unknown origin and pancytopaenia were included in study. They were subjected to routine investigation followed by bone marrow aspiration procedure to rule out causes and assess microfilaria in bone marrow aspirates. Few of imperative clinical investigations were also conducted including haemoglobin levels, platelet levels and ultrasonography. All the blood smears from bone marrow were explored wherein erythroid hyperplasias with adequate megakaryocytes and microfilarias were noticed in some cases accidentally. Results thus obtained was tabulated and subjected to statistical analysis. Statistical Analysis and Results: Statistical analysis was done by statistical software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The resultant data was sent to suitable statistical tests to achieve p values, mean, standard deviation, standard error an 95% CI. P ≤ 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. All patients were further separated into three groups based on their ages. 12 patients were selected in the age range of 20-40 years (Group I). P value was significant here. 4 patients were noticed in the age range of 41-60 years (Group II). P value was not significant for this age group. Comparison of statistical data among the 3 study groups using one-way ANOVA showed highly significant p value. Conclusion: About fifteen percent of all studied patients have been identified positive for microfilaria. One patient with positive microfilaria sample in each group has been recognized. Inter group comparison also revealed highly significant results.