An incidental case of breast cysticercosis associated with fibroadenoma.
It is unusual for cysticercosis to occur in the substance of the breast. Only a few cases have been described in the literature. We report a case of cysticercosis perched on fibroadenoma of breast found on surgical excision in a 35 year old Nepali woman. The patient had no discernible evidence of cysticercosis in the other organs.
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Department of Pathology, BP Koirala Institute of Health Science, Dharan, Nepal. sp_sah@hotmail.com
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Gupta
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Raj
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D003551:Cysticercosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000469:parasitology; D003552:Cysticercus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D018226:Fibroadenoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans