Pseudoneoplastic lesion of the breast caused by Schistosoma mansoni.
A case of a pseudoneoplastic lesion of the breast clinically and sonographically suggestive of a fibroadenoma is reported. Excisional biopsy revealed the nodule was an inflammatory process consequent to infection by Schistosoma mansoni.
Lima
Carlos Anselmo
CA
Department of Oncology, Hospital João Alves, Aracaju, SE, Brazil. limaca@infonet.com.br
Cavalcanti
Aécio Costa
AC
Lima
Márcia Maria Macêdo
MM
Piva
Nestor
N
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010073:Oxamniquine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012550:Schistosoma mansoni; D012555:Schistosomiasis mansoni / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D012556:Schistosomicides / Q000627:therapeutic use
D012556:Schistosomicides; D010073:Oxamniquine