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Breast Sparganosis Mimicking Ipsilateral Breast Tumor Recurrence in a Patient with a History of Breast Conserving Surgery: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Min Kyung Jeong,
Jun Hyun Baik,
Yeong Yi An,
Hyun Joo Choi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
iranian journal of radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.12
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2008-2711
pISSN - 1735-1065
DOI - 10.5812/iranjradiol.41599
Subject(s) - sparganosis , medicine , breast cancer , malignancy , radiology , breast conserving surgery , parasitic infection , breast surgery , breast mri , surgery , pathology , mammography , cancer , mastectomy , cestode infections , helminths , immunology
: Sparganosis is a rare parasitic infection caused by ingesting plerocercoid larvae in impure water or consuming raw intermediate hosts such as frogs and snakes. The breast is a rare site of infection. Breast sparganosis usually presents as a migrating subcutaneous mass that clinically and radiologically mimics malignancy. Herein, we report a surgically confirmed case of breast sparganosis mimicking ipsilateral breast tumor recurrence (IBTR) in a patient with a history of breast conserving surgery (BCS) for breast cancer with multimodal imaging findings.

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