title: Onchocerca volvulus breast mass: case report from Cameroon and literature review.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, USA.
authors.forename: Kevin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zavieh
authors.forename: Carole
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McCarthur
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Eswaran
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: DePond
mesh_terms: 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