Fine needle aspiration of toxoplasmic lymphadenitis in an intramammary lymph node. A case report.
BACKGROUND
Cytologic findings of toxoplasmic lymphadenitis (TL) have been only sporadically reported. Intramammary lymph node is an extremely rare site for TL.


METHODS
A 47-year-old, healthy, female presented with a breast tumor, which was aspirated. The cytomorphologic features were interpreted as suggestive of TL. Histopathology of the excisional biopsy specimen and subsequent serologic examination confirmed the diagnosis.


CONCLUSIONS
We obtained several characteristic findings in aspiration of TL. Of these, epithelioid cell clusters and monocytoid cells were the most diagnostic.
1st Department of Anatomic and Diagnostic Pathology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, 880 Mibu, Tochigi, 321-0293, Japan. ksimidzu@dokkyomed.ac.jp
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K
Shimizu
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Ito
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H
Sasaki
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E
Takada
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M
Sunagawa
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N
Masawa
D000818:Animals; D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan / Q000096:biosynthesis; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001940:Breast; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008197:Lymph Node Excision; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014122:Toxoplasma / Q000276:immunology; D014123:Toxoplasmosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D014463:Ultrasonography
D000913:Antibodies, Protozoan