Cytodiagnosis of herpes simplex mastitis: Report of a rare case

Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a rare cause of breast infection. Few cases of maternal-infant transmission of the virus during breastfeeding resulting in nipple lesions have been documented. Only three cases have been reported in nonlactating women. We report an additional case of HSV mastitis in a 3...

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Autores principales: Mardi, Kavita, Gupta, Neelam, Sharma, Sudershan, Gupta, Saurabh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3168001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21938180
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-9371.62185
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Sumario:Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a rare cause of breast infection. Few cases of maternal-infant transmission of the virus during breastfeeding resulting in nipple lesions have been documented. Only three cases have been reported in nonlactating women. We report an additional case of HSV mastitis in a 36-year-old nonlactating female who was diagnosed on scrape cytology smears.

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