An unusual parasitological finding in a subcutaneous mammary nodule.
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.
Pampiglione
Silvio
S
Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica Veterinaria, Università di Bologna, via Tolara di Sopra 50, 40064 Ozzano Emilia (BO), Italy. fioravanti@vet.unibo.it
Orihel
Thomas C
TC
Gustinelli
Andrea
A
Gatzemeier
Wolfgang
W
Villani
Laura
L
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