title: An unusual parasitological finding in a subcutaneous mammary nodule.
abstract: While examining some histological sections of a clinically suspected neoplastic nodule in a woman's breast, sections of Dirofilaria repens were noted in the same nodule along with sections of a different nematode. The latter appeared to be a specimen possibly belonging to the genus Anatrichosoma (family Trichosomoididae), a parasitic group of helminths rarely reported in humans. In view of the diagnostic interest in an exceptional event, such as a double parasitic infection in the same nodule, we report the details of the case and the morphological findings.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria, Università di Bologna, via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064 Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy. fioravanti@vet.unibo.it
authors.forename: Silvio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pampiglione
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Orihel
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gustinelli
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gatzemeier
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Villani
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001940:Breast / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology*; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D004182:Dirofilaria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004184:Dirofilariasis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D015745:Granuloma, Foreign-Body / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009348:Nematoda / Q000302:isolation & purification; D009349:Nematode Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome