A 45-year-old woman from rural Uganda presents with a painless, slowly enlarging breast lump. Ultrasound shows a cystic mass. Fine needle aspirate rev...

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A 45-year-old woman from rural Uganda presents with a painless, slowly enlarging breast lump. Ultrasound shows a cystic mass. Fine needle aspirate reveals a coiled white worm within the cyst. What is the most likely organism?

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Onchocerca volvulus

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Dracunculus medinensis

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Loa loa

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Wuchereria bancrofti

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Dirofilaria repens

uk-dtmh MCQ (SBA): Aberrant Onchocercoma

A 45-year-old woman from rural Uganda presents with a painless, slowly enlarging breast lump. Ultrasound shows a cystic mass. Fine needle aspirate reveals a coiled white worm within the cyst. What is the most likely organism?