Article Text
Unusual presentation of more common disease/injury
CASE REPORT
Filarial breast lump
Summary
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.
- infections
- global health
- tropical medicine (infectious disease)