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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 79(6), 2008, pp. 864-865
Copyright © 2008 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Cysticercosis of the Breast, a Rare Imaging Finding

Adrienne Pratti Lucarelli*, Maria Marta Martins, Vilmar Marques de Oliveira, José Francisco Rinaldi, Décio Roveda, Jr., Maria Antonieta Longo Galvão, Tsutomo Aoki, AND Sebastião Piato
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Radiology, and Department of Anatomic Pathology, Irmandade da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

 

ABSTRACT

Parasitic infection of the breast is rare, especially in cases of cysticercosis. This disease is acquired by ingestion of tapeworm eggs in contaminated food and water supplies or from hands improperly washed after a bowel movement. Diagnosis is usually made incidentally. We report a patient with cysticercosis of the breast. The patient was a 63-year-old woman who had no clinical manifestations, but cysticercus was observed to cause calcifications detected by mammography. Computed tomography demonstrated brain lesions. A definitive diagnosis of cysticercosis was made by demonstration of characteristic calcified larvae. The definitive diagnosis was confirmed by excisional surgery.

Received May 9, 2008. Accepted for publication August 13, 2008.

* Address correspondence to Adrienne Pratti Lucarelli, Rua Soror Angelica, 705 Apartado 11A, CEP 02452060 São Paulo, SP, Brazil. E-mail: adrilucarelli{at}terra.com.br

Authors’ addresses: Adrienne Pratti Lucarelli, Maria Marta Martins, Vilmar Marques de Oliveira, José Francisco Rinaldi, Tsutomo Aoki, and Sebastião Piato, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Irmandade da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Décio Roveda Jr., Department of Radiology, Irmandade da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. Maria Antonieta Longo Galvão, Department of Anatomic Pathology, Irmandade da Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.






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