title: Mammographic microcalcifications associated with schistosomiasis.
abstract: We have described the first known occurrence of ectopic Schistosoma japonicum of the breast mimicking the mammographic pattern of carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas.
authors.forename: C R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Varin
authors.forename: B L
authors.initials: BL
authors.lastname: Eisenberg
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Ladd
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D012554:Schistosomiasis japonica / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014984:Xeromammography