A 36-year-old woman with a unilateral breast mass. Necrotizing granulomatous mastitis secondary to budding yeast forms morphologically consistent with Histoplasma capsulatum.
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Shakira
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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey-New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA. arikahss@aol.com
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Das
Kasturi
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Mirani
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D000328:Adult; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006099:Granuloma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006644:Histiocytes / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006658:Histoplasma / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006660:Histoplasmosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008413:Mastitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D009336:Necrosis