title: Breast filariasis diagnosed by needle aspiration cytology.
abstract: A case of nodular lesion of the breast in a 37 year old female caused by filariasis is described. The case is instructive since the diagnosis was made by fine-needle aspiration cytology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, U.P.N.G., Boroko, Papua New Guinea.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: SenGupta
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Webb
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Cooke
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Igo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D004605:Elephantiasis, Filarial / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000302:isolation & purification*