Pseudoneoplastic lesion of the breast caused by Schistosoma mansoni

Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. 2004 Jan-Feb;37(1):63-4. doi: 10.1590/s0037-86822004000100017. Epub 2004 Mar 19.

Abstract

A case of a pseudoneoplastic lesion of the breast clinically and sonographically suggestive of a fibroadenoma is reported. Excisional biopsy revealed the nodule was an inflammatory process consequent to infection by Schistosoma mansoni.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Breast Diseases / drug therapy
  • Breast Diseases / parasitology*
  • Breast Diseases / pathology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Oxamniquine / therapeutic use
  • Schistosoma mansoni*
  • Schistosomiasis mansoni / drug therapy
  • Schistosomiasis mansoni / pathology*
  • Schistosomicides / therapeutic use

Substances

  • Schistosomicides
  • Oxamniquine