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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 42(1), 1990, pp. 65-66
Copyright © 1990 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Calcifications of the Breast Probably Due to Loa Loa

Bernard Carme, Désiré Paraiso AND Charles Gombe-Mbalawa
Centre Hospitalier et Universitaire de Brazzaville, Brazzaville, Congo

Five cases of calcification of the breast due to filariasis in Congolese women are reported. The cases were discovered during mammographies carried out for suspect carcinoma (4 cases) and benign tumor (1 case). The geographic origin of the patients, a past history of subconjunctival filarial migration in 2 individuals, the bilateral localization, and, above all, the radiographic appearance and size of the calcifications, suggested that the images were due to Loa loa.







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