Onchocerca volvulus breast mass: case report from Cameroon and literature review.
Onchocerca volvulus is usually associated with subcutaneous and ocular infections. Infection of the breast is rare and there are only two previous case reports. We report a case of a thirteen-year-old Cameroonian female with a left breast mass, which had a microscopic evaluation consistent with O. volvulus.
Zavieh
Kevin
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Department of Pathology, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, USA.
McCarthur
Carole
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Eswaran
S L
SL
DePond
William
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D000293:Adolescent; D000818:Animals; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017181:Onchocerca volvulus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D009855:Onchocerciasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery