Breast filariasis diagnosed by needle aspiration cytology.
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.
SenGupta
S K
SK
Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, U.P.N.G., Boroko, Papua New Guinea.
Webb
S
S
Cooke
R A
RA
Igo
J D
JD
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*