Parasites, Hosts and Diseases

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Sparganosis of the Unilateral Breast: A Case Report: Hyung Suk Kim, Man Sik Shin, Chang Jong Kim, Sun Hyung You, Yong Hwa Eom, Tae Kyung Yoo, Ahwon Lee, Byung Joo Song, Byung Joo Chae; Korean J Parasitol 2017;55(4):421-424.
Published online August 31, 2017; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2017.55.4.421

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Sparganosis is a parasitic infection caused by the sparganum, the plercercoid of the genus Spirometra. The preoperative diagnosis of breast sparganosis is difficult in most cases because it is a rare parasitic infection less than 2% of all cases. We report a 62-year-old woman case of breast sparganosis that were confirmed by surgical removal of worms from the right breast. The radiologic images of the patient also revealed characteristic features of breast sparganosis. The patient described the migrating palpable breast mass, which strongly suggested the possibility of breast sparganosis. The treatment of choice and confirmative diagnosis for sparganosis are complete surgical extraction of the sparganum irrespective of infected site. Inspection of the mass site with detailed medical history and radiological examinations are important for preoperative diagnosis of sparganosis patients.

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A surgically confirmed case of breast sparganosis showing characteristic mammography and ultrasonography findings: Jae-Hwan Park, Jee-Won Chai, Nariya Cho, Nam-Sun Paek, Sang-Mee Guk, Eun-Hee Shin, Jong-Yil Chai; Korean J Parasitol 2006;44(2):151-156.
Published online June 20, 2006; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3347/kjp.2006.44.2.151

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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 breast, each mass consisting of a continuous cord- or worm-like 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 20.3 cm, were extracted from the upper outer quadrant of the left breast and the axillary region. The infection source remains unclear, because the patient denied ingesting any snake or frog meat or drinking untreated water.

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