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Breast involvement in visceral leishmaniasis
Author(s) -
Alimoglu Emel,
Ceken Kagan,
Cassano Enrico,
Durum Yasemin,
Pestereli Elif
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.20611
Subject(s) - medicine , visceral leishmaniasis , leishmaniasis , lymph , spleen , pathology , leishmania , biopsy , radiology , world wide web , computer science , parasite hosting
Visceral leishmaniasis usually involves the bone marrow, lymph nodes, liver and spleen. Involvement of the eye or respiratory or gastrointestinal systems is very rare and usually occurs in immunodepressed patients. Only one case of breast involvement by protozoa has been reported in the literature. We report a case of a visceral leishmaniasis with a solid breast mass caused by leishmania and diagnosed by sonography‐guided core biopsy. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 2009