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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 26(3), 1977, pp. 570-571
Copyright © 1977 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Microfilarial Granuloma of the Breast in a Patient with Tropical Pulmonary Eosinophilia*

P. T. Chandrasoma{dagger}, Kamini N. Mendis{ddagger} AND D. S. Kumararatne{dagger}
Departments of Pathology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Microfilariae found in a breast nodule of a patient with tropical pulmonary eosinophilia were identified as Wuchereria bancrofti, confirming that the tropical pulmonary eosinophilia syndrome may be associated with infections caused by this species of filarial worm.

Accepted for publication December 4, 1976.


* Address reprint requests to: Dr. P. T. Chandrasoma, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Kynsey Road, Colombo-8, Sri Lanka.


{dagger} Lecturer in Pathology.


{ddagger} Lecturer in Parasitology.






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