Breast sparganosis and incidentally detected subcutaneous and intramuscular sparganosis at several sites: case report and literature review.
Sparganosis is an infestation caused by a tapeworm belonging to the genus Spirometra. We describe a surgically confirmed case of sparganosis in several organs including the breast, both lower extremities, anterior chest wall, inguinal area, and the psoas and gluteus muscles. Mammography, ultrasonography, and MRI imaging findings for our patient were characteristic of sparganosis. Ultrasonography revealed multiple elongated tubular hypoechoic structures with surrounding increased echogenicity. Mammographic findings included tortuous, lobular, and tubular densities. Short tau inversion recovery (STIR) MR images contained several elongated tubular tracts of high signal intensity. These imaging features were highly consistent with pathology results.
Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Hospital, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 23 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, 130-872, South Korea.
Eun Jee
EJ
Song
Yu-Mee
YM
Sohn
Kyung Nam
KN
Ryu
Sun Young
SY
Min
Sung Hwan
SH
Shin
Yong Koo
YK
Park
D000818:Animals; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008327:Mammography; D008875:Middle Aged; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology*; D013031:Sparganosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D018615:Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color; D016217:Ultrasonography, Mammary