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

P. T. Chandrasoma Departments of Pathology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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Kamini N. Mendis Departments of Pathology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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D. S. Kumararatne Departments of Pathology and Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sri Lanka, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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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.

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Lecturer in Pathology.

Lecturer in Parasitology.

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