Microfilariasis of the breast mimicking malignancy
We report a 65-year-old female who presented with a 3.5x3 cm retro-areolar lump of the right breast with associated right axillary lymphadenopathy, mimicking breast cancer. Mammography showed a well-defined mass in the central quadrant of the right breast. Fine needle aspiration cytology from the br...
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| author | Tamojit Chaudhuri Kamlesh Yadava Pabitra Ray |
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| description | We report a 65-year-old female who presented with a 3.5x3 cm retro-areolar lump of the right breast with associated right axillary lymphadenopathy, mimicking breast cancer. Mammography showed a well-defined mass in the central quadrant of the right breast. Fine needle aspiration cytology from the breast lump demonstrated many microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-ff76ae06e3aa43ebaa71b56b2c92d5fc2025-08-20T03:06:13ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology0971-58512013-01-01341474710.4103/0971-5851.113433Microfilariasis of the breast mimicking malignancyTamojit ChaudhuriKamlesh YadavaPabitra RayWe report a 65-year-old female who presented with a 3.5x3 cm retro-areolar lump of the right breast with associated right axillary lymphadenopathy, mimicking breast cancer. Mammography showed a well-defined mass in the central quadrant of the right breast. Fine needle aspiration cytology from the breast lump demonstrated many microfilariae of Wuchereria bancrofti.http://www.ijmpo.org/article.asp?issn=0971-5851;year=2013;volume=34;issue=1;spage=47;epage=47;aulast=ChaudhuriMicrofilariasisaspiration biopsybreast lump |
| spellingShingle | Tamojit Chaudhuri Kamlesh Yadava Pabitra Ray Microfilariasis of the breast mimicking malignancy Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology Microfilariasis aspiration biopsy breast lump |
| title | Microfilariasis of the breast mimicking malignancy |
| title_full | Microfilariasis of the breast mimicking malignancy |
| title_fullStr | Microfilariasis of the breast mimicking malignancy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Microfilariasis of the breast mimicking malignancy |
| title_short | Microfilariasis of the breast mimicking malignancy |
| title_sort | microfilariasis of the breast mimicking malignancy |
| topic | Microfilariasis aspiration biopsy breast lump |
| url | http://www.ijmpo.org/article.asp?issn=0971-5851;year=2013;volume=34;issue=1;spage=47;epage=47;aulast=Chaudhuri |
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