title: Axillary sparganosis which was misunderstood lymph node metastasis during neoadjuvant chemotheraphy in a breast cancer patient.
abstract: Sparganosis of the breast is an uncommon disease, but should be considered in the differential diagnosis of unusual and suspicious breast masses. A history of ingesting contaminated water and direct ingestion of snakes and frogs may help in differential diagnosis of the mass. Complete surgical removal is the treatment of choice and provides a definite diagnosis. We report a case of multiple axillary lymph node sparganosis. It was first considered as an axillary metastasis of breast cancer because a newly axillary mass appeared in follow-up radiologic study after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. We performed curative breast cancer surgery and sparganosis was confirmed by extracting the worm during axillary dissection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Eun Kyoung
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Young Bum
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Yoo
keywords: Axilla; Breast carcinoma; Sparganosis