A Case Report of Breast Sparganosis in a Patient with Ipsilateral Breast Cancer: MRI and Ultrasonographic Findings

caused by the larval form of the pseudophyllidean tapeworm Spirometra (1). Humans are usually aberrant hosts (2). The route of infection is ingestion of raw meat of snakes or frogs, or drinking contaminated water (2). The clinical finding of sparganosis is the presence of subcutaneous masses in the abdominal wall, scrotum, lower extremities, chest wall, brain and breast (3). There are few case reports in the English literature on the breast sparganosis (3). We report here on the MRI and ultrasonographic findings of histologically confirmed breast sparganosis in a patient with coexisting ipsilateral breast cancer. This is the second report about MRI and ultrasonographic findings on the breast sparganosis (4) and the first report of breast sparganosis with coexisting ipsilateral breast cancer.