Literature DB >> 3275139

Cysticercosis of the breast.

T T Alagaratnam1, Y K Wing, H Tuen.   

Abstract

A painless lump in the breast in a 43-year-old Chinese woman was found on surgical excision to be a cysticercus presumed to be that of Taenia solium. Routine investigations failed to reveal infection at any other site.

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Year:  1988        PMID: 3275139     DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.1988.38.601

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Am J Trop Med Hyg        ISSN: 0002-9637            Impact factor:   2.345


  2 in total

Review 1.  Isolated cysticercosis of the breast masquerading as a breast tumour: report of a case and review of literature.

Authors:  H K Bhattacharjee; T R Ramman; L Agarwal; M Nain; S Thomas
Journal:  Ann Trop Med Parasitol       Date:  2011-09

2.  Cysticercus of the Breast which Mimicked a Fibroadenoma: A Rare Presentation.

Authors:  Karthikeyan T M; Manimaran D; Mrinalini V R
Journal:  J Clin Diagn Res       Date:  2012-11
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