title: Nodular breast filariasis: diagnosis by fine needle aspiration.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'anatomo-cyto-pathologie, Institut Pasteur, New Caledonia.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Monchy
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Noellat
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nomoredjo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Videault
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dubourdieu
mesh_terms: 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*