A surgically confirmed case of breast sparganosis showing characteristic mammography and ultrasonography findings
2006
Park, J.H. (Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea) | Chai, J.W. (Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea) | Cho, N.Y. (Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea) | Park, N.S. (Department of Surgery, Korea Cancer Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea) | Guk, S.M. (Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea) | Shin, E.H. (Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea) | Chai, J.Y. (Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea), E-mail: cjy@snu.ac.kr
A case of breast sparganosis was confirmed by surgical excision of a worm (fragmented into 5 pieces) in a 59-year-old Korean woman suffering from a palpable mass in the left breast. Mammography and ultrasonography characteristically revealed the presence of several well-defined, isodense and hypoechoic tubular masses, in the upper quadrant of the left breat, each mass consisting of a continuous cord-or worm0like structure. During surgery, a long segment of an actively moving sparganum of Spirometra sp. and 4 small fragments of the same worm, giving a total length of 20.3cm, were extracted from the upper outer quadrant of the left breast and the axillary region.
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