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Case Reports
. 2017 Aug 23:2017:bcr2017221536.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-221536.

Filarial breast lump

Dwijesh Kumar Panda  1 , Devi Prasad Mohapatra  2 , Madhusmita Mohanty Mohapatra  3
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Case Reports

Filarial breast lump

Dwijesh Kumar Panda et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

Lymphatic filariasis is one of the most debilitating and disfiguring scourges among all diseases. This report presents a case of a woman with recurrent breast nodularity after being previously operated for a suspected breast neoplasm. We would like to highlight the issue of similar clinical presentation of a filarial breast lump and other breast lesions leading to inappropriate therapy.

Keywords: global health; infections; tropical medicine (infectious disease).

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Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
Breast showing diffuse nodularity in the inferomedial region.
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Figure 2
Histopathological picture revealing granulomatous mastitis.
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