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