Cysticercosis of the breast.
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.
Alagaratnam
T T
TT
Department of Surgery, University of Hong Kong.
Wing
Y K
YK
Tuen
H
H
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*