Breast filariasis--a case report.
An unusual presentation of filariasis as a breast lump simulating breast carcinoma, in a 50 year old woman residing in Pokhara, Nepal. The case was reported on Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology and also evaluated by histopathology. Morphology of the nematode is that of Brugia species which is unusual in Nepal.
Sehri
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Department of Pathology, Manipal College of Medical Sciences, Pokhara, Nepal.
Krishnanand
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Gupta
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Mukherjee
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001707:Biopsy, Needle / Q000379:methods; D001940:Breast / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology*; D002009:Brugia / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D003581:Cytodiagnosis; D005260:Female; D005368:Filariasis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans