title: Cutaneous myiasis of the breast: mammographic and us features-report of five cases.
abstract: Five patients with breast myiasis underwent mammography, and three also underwent ultrasonography (US). Mammography revealed indistinct masses in all patients, with associated pairs of microcalcifications in three. US showed each larva as a fusiform hyperechoic mass surrounded by a hypoechoic halo, which included larval movement in one patient. These imaging features of breast myiasis facilitate correct diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil. nestorbarros@uol.com.br
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: de Barros
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: D'Avila
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: de Pace Bauab
authors.forename: F K
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Issa
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Freitas
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Chala
authors.forename: G G
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Cerri
mesh_terms: D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000469:parasitology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D009198:Myiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary