title: Cysticercosis of the breast.
abstract: A painless lump in the breast in a 43-year-old Chinese woman was found on surgical excision to be a cysticercus presumed to be that of Taenia solium. Routine investigations failed to reveal infection at any other site.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong.
authors.forename: T T
authors.initials: TT
authors.lastname: Alagaratnam
authors.forename: Y K
authors.initials: YK
authors.lastname: Wing
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tuen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001940:Breast / Q000469:parasitology*; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000469:parasitology*; D003552:Cysticercus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013621:Taenia / Q000302:isolation & purification*