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| Year : 2009 | Volume
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| Issue : 4 | Page : 149-150 |
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Cytodiagnosis of herpes simplex mastitis: Report of a rare case
Kavita Mardi, Neelam Gupta, Sudershan Sharma, Saurabh Gupta
Department of Pathology, Indira Gandhi Medical College, Shimla, India
Correspondence Address:
Kavita Mardi
12-A, Type V Qtrs, Kasumpti, Shimla
India
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DOI: 10.4103/0970-9371.62185
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Herpes simplex virus (HSV) is a rare cause of breast infection. Few cases of maternal-infant transmission of the virus during breastfeeding resulting in nipple lesions have been documented. Only three cases have been reported in nonlactating women. We report an additional case of HSV mastitis in a 36-year-old nonlactating female who was diagnosed on scrape cytology smears. |
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