Diagn Cytopathol. 1992;8(4):392-3.

Breast filariasis diagnosed by needle aspiration cytology.

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Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, U.P.N.G., Boroko, Papua New Guinea.

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A case of nodular lesion of the breast in a 37 year old female caused by filariasis is described. The case is instructive since the diagnosis was made by fine-needle aspiration cytology.

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