Filariasis of the Breast in a Pregnant Woman Diagnosed by Fine-needle Aspiration Cytology: A Case Report

Background: Despite increased immigration to the United States from endemic areas, the diagnosis of microfilariasis in this country remains infrequent. This disease may occasionally present as a breast mass, in the absence of other clinical findings. Case: We report an unusual case of Wuchereria ban...

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Autores principales: Lau, Melanie, Tauchi, Pamela, Kim, Milton, Liu, Francis, Namiki, Thomas
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1995
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2364447/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18476050
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S106474499500072X
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author Lau, Melanie
Tauchi, Pamela
Kim, Milton
Liu, Francis
Namiki, Thomas
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Tauchi, Pamela
Kim, Milton
Liu, Francis
Namiki, Thomas
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description Background: Despite increased immigration to the United States from endemic areas, the diagnosis of microfilariasis in this country remains infrequent. This disease may occasionally present as a breast mass, in the absence of other clinical findings. Case: We report an unusual case of Wuchereria bancrofti diagnosed in a pregnant woman by breast fine-needle aspiration (FNA) and discuss the clinical implications of filariasis in pregnancy. Conclusion: FNA is safe and reliable in pregnancy. Infants of mothers with breast filariasis should be monitored.
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spelling pubmed-23644472008-05-12 Filariasis of the Breast in a Pregnant Woman Diagnosed by Fine-needle Aspiration Cytology: A Case Report Lau, Melanie Tauchi, Pamela Kim, Milton Liu, Francis Namiki, Thomas Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol Research Article Background: Despite increased immigration to the United States from endemic areas, the diagnosis of microfilariasis in this country remains infrequent. This disease may occasionally present as a breast mass, in the absence of other clinical findings. Case: We report an unusual case of Wuchereria bancrofti diagnosed in a pregnant woman by breast fine-needle aspiration (FNA) and discuss the clinical implications of filariasis in pregnancy. Conclusion: FNA is safe and reliable in pregnancy. Infants of mothers with breast filariasis should be monitored. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 1995 /pmc/articles/PMC2364447/ /pubmed/18476050 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S106474499500072X Text en Copyright © 1995 Hindawi Publishing Corporation. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Research Article
Lau, Melanie
Tauchi, Pamela
Kim, Milton
Liu, Francis
Namiki, Thomas
Filariasis of the Breast in a Pregnant Woman Diagnosed by Fine-needle Aspiration Cytology: A Case Report
title Filariasis of the Breast in a Pregnant Woman Diagnosed by Fine-needle Aspiration Cytology: A Case Report
title_full Filariasis of the Breast in a Pregnant Woman Diagnosed by Fine-needle Aspiration Cytology: A Case Report
title_fullStr Filariasis of the Breast in a Pregnant Woman Diagnosed by Fine-needle Aspiration Cytology: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Filariasis of the Breast in a Pregnant Woman Diagnosed by Fine-needle Aspiration Cytology: A Case Report
title_short Filariasis of the Breast in a Pregnant Woman Diagnosed by Fine-needle Aspiration Cytology: A Case Report
title_sort filariasis of the breast in a pregnant woman diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration cytology: a case report
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2364447/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18476050
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/S106474499500072X
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