Chandrasoma PT, Mendis KN, Kumararatne DS. Microfilarial granuloma of the breast in a patient with tropical pulmonary eosinophilia.
Am J Trop Med Hyg 1977;
26:570-1. [PMID:
869111 DOI:
10.4269/ajtmh.1977.26.570]
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Abstract
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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