Cysticercus of the Breast which Mimicked a Fibroadenoma: A Rare Presentation.
نویسندگان
چکیده
Human cysticercosis is an infection which is caused by the larvae of the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium. They can affect any part of the body, the most common sites being the muscle, the CNS and the subcutaneous tissues. In this report , we are presenting the case of a 32-year old woman who came with a history of a painless, freely mobile lump in the left breast. A clinical diagnosis of a fibroadenoma was made and an excision biopsy was done, which revealed the presence of cysticercus lavae, along with a foreign body giant cell reaction. A diagnosis of cysticercus at the atypical sites is rare and it depends mainly on the histopathological examination. Although it is rare, cysticercus should be considered as a differential diagnosis for a mass in the breast and in the areas of a greater prevalence.
منابع مشابه
Medullary Breast Carcinoma in a 17 Year- Old Female (Rare Case Report)
Abstract Background Breast carcinoma is uncommon in women under 25 and very rare in less than 20 years old. Only few cases of infiltrating breast carcinoma have been reported and among them there was no report of medullary subtype. The purpose of this report is to determine clinical, histopathological and sonographic findings of large mass in breast of young female patient that diagnosed as ...
متن کاملSpontaneous Infarction of Fibroadenoma of the Breast in a Young Girl Mimicking Carcinoma
Background: Spontaneous infarction is an uncommon complication of fibroadenoma of the breast. Although infarction following fine needle aspiration (FNA) has been reported in the literature, infarction encountering on first time aspiration is very rare. Lack of knowledge of this entity may lead to an erroneous diagnosis of inflammatory lesion like mastitis and carcinoma on cytology smears. Case...
متن کاملGiant Juvenile Fibroadenoma Presenting in a 15-year-old Pregnant Woman: a Case Report
Fibroadenoma is the most common benign mass of breast in females 20-50 years of age. Juvenile fibroadenoma accounts for only 4% of total fibroadenomas. Moreover, the incidence of giant juvenile fibroadenoma is found to be only 0.5% of all fibroadenomas. A 15-year-old woman at the 12th week of gestation was referred to the Shahid Sadoughi Hospital, Yazd, Iran because of a mass in the right breas...
متن کاملGiant fibroadenoma presenting like fungating breast cancer in a Nigerian teenager.
BACKGROUND Giant fibroadenoma of the breast is a rare benign breast tumour which seldom grows to a giant size, it is even rarer for this benign tumour to grow rapidly, ulcerate spontaneously and present like a fungating breast tumour in a way mimicking breast cancer. CASE PRESENTATION This is a presentation of a 14 year old premenarchal girl with a massive ulcerating and fungating left breast...
متن کاملGiant Fibroadenoma of Breast: A Diagnostic Dilemma in a Middle Aged Woman
Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com postmenopausal women, especially those receiving estrogen replacement therapy has been documented [3]. Giant (juvenile or cellular) fibroadenoma is a rare variant of fibroadenoma accounting for 0.5-2 per cent of all cases of fibroadenomas [4] and is characterized by its large size and rapid growth [5]. This subtype has been also been defined as fibr...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
عنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR
دوره 6 9 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012