title: Pseudoneoplastic lesion of the breast caused by Schistosoma mansoni.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Oncology, Hospital João Alves, Aracaju, SE, Brazil. limaca@infonet.com.br
authors.forename: Carlos Anselmo
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Aécio Costa
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Cavalcanti
authors.forename: Márcia Maria Macêdo
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: Nestor
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Piva
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D012556:Schistosomicides; D010073:Oxamniquine