Filariasis is a major public health problem in many tropics and subtropics of Africa, Western Pacific and parts of the Americas, affecting over 83 countries. It is also a public health problem in India. A large majority of the cases found in India are attributed to infection by Wuchereria bancrofti which mainly affects the lymph nodes and the lymphatic channels. Breast is an unusual site for filariasis. In the present case report the patient presented with a gradually increasing breast lump, clinically diagnosed as fibroadenoma.
MONDAL, R., RAY, R., KAWSAR, H., ALI, S., & GHOSH, K. (2013). MICROFILARIA IN BREAST ASPIRATION - AN UNCOMMON FINDING. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 43(2), 425-427. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2013.94821
MLA
RAJIB KUMAR MONDAL; RUDRANARAYAN RAY; HENA KAWSAR; SADAKKAS ALI; KUMAR TAPAN GHOSH. "MICROFILARIA IN BREAST ASPIRATION - AN UNCOMMON FINDING". Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 43, 2, 2013, 425-427. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2013.94821
HARVARD
MONDAL, R., RAY, R., KAWSAR, H., ALI, S., GHOSH, K. (2013). 'MICROFILARIA IN BREAST ASPIRATION - AN UNCOMMON FINDING', Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 43(2), pp. 425-427. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2013.94821
VANCOUVER
MONDAL, R., RAY, R., KAWSAR, H., ALI, S., GHOSH, K. MICROFILARIA IN BREAST ASPIRATION - AN UNCOMMON FINDING. Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology, 2013; 43(2): 425-427. doi: 10.21608/jesp.2013.94821
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