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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Med Paediatr Oncol 2013; 34(01): 47
DOI: 10.4103/0971-5851.113433
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Microfilariasis of the breast mimicking malignancy

Tamojit Chaudhuri
Department of Radiotherapy, Sanjay Gandhi Post-graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Kamlesh Yadava
Department of Pathology, Sanjay Gandhi Post-graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Pabitra Ray
Department of Surgery, Nil Ratan Sirkar Medical College, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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Abstract

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.

Keywords

Microfilariasis - aspiration biopsy - breast lump


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20 July 2021

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