Nodular breast filariasis: diagnosis by fine needle aspiration.
Bancroftian filariasis is a tropical disease transmitted by mosquitoes that most often causes lymphadenitis. This article reports on a breast nodule due to Wuchereria bancrofti in a woman living in New Caledonia. The diagnosis was done by fine needle aspiration, which showed several microfilariae and avoided surgical treatment.
Monchy
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Laboratoire d'anatomo-cyto-pathologie, Institut Pasteur, New Caledonia.
Noellat
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Nomoredjo
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Videault
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Dubourdieu
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D005260:Female; D005368:Filariasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D006801:Humans; D008842:Microfilariae / Q000166:cytology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D010063:Ovum / Q000166:cytology; D014958:Wuchereria bancrofti / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*