Cysticercosis of breast presenting as a breast lump: cytological diagnosis of a rare case.

  • Swati Bhardwaj Department of Pathology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi-110029
  • Akansha Singh Department of pathology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi-110029
  • Charanjeet Ahluwalia Department of Pathology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi-110029
  • Ashish Kumar Mandal Department of Pathology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi-110029
Keywords: Cysticercosis, breast

Abstract

see full text

Author Biographies

Swati Bhardwaj, Department of Pathology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi-110029
Post graduate student, Department of Pathology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi-110029
Akansha Singh, Department of pathology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi-110029
Senior Resident, Department of Pathology
Charanjeet Ahluwalia, Department of Pathology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi-110029
Senior Specialist, Department of Pathology, Vardhman Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi-110029
Ashish Kumar Mandal, Department of Pathology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi-110029
Head of Department, Department of Pathology, Vardhman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi-110029

References

1. Cox, F.E.G. History of Human Parasitology. Clinical Microbiology Reviews. 2002; 15:595-612.

2. Küchenmeister, F. The cysticercus transformed within the organism of man into Taenia solium. Lancet. 2003; 362: 547-556.

3. Chi HS, Chi JG: A histopathological study on human Cysticercosis. Kisaengchunghak Chapchi. 1978; 16(2):123-133.

4. Garcia HH, Gonzalez AE, Evans CA, Gilman RH. Cysticercosis Working Group in Peru. Taenia Solium Cysticercosis. Lancet; 2003:362:547-556.

5. Rajshekhar V, Chandy MJ. Incidence of solitary cysticercus granulomas In: Rajshekhar V, Chandy MJ (Eds.), Solitary Cysticercus Granuloma: The Disappearing Lesion. Orient Longman, Chennai; 2000:12_/28.

6. Kapila K, Verma K. Diagnosis of parasites in fine needle breast aspirates. Acta Cytol. 1996; 40(4): 653-6.

7. Bhattacharjee HK, Ramman TR, Argarwal L, Nain M, S Thomas. Isolated Cysticercosis of the breast masquerading as a breast tumour: report of a case and review of literature. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2011; 105(6): 455-461.
Published
2016-07-28
Issue
Vol 3 No 3 (2016)
Section
Letter to editor

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
  3. Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access at http://opcit.eprints.org/oacitation-biblio.html).