Axillary sparganosis which was misunderstood lymph node metastasis during neoadjuvant chemotheraphy in a breast cancer patient.
10.4174/astr.2014.87.6.336
- Author:
Eun Kyoung LEE
1
;
Young Bum YOO
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Konkuk University Medical Center, Seoul, Korea. 0117652771@kuh.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Sparganosis;
Axilla;
Breast carcinoma
- MeSH:
Axilla;
Breast;
Breast Neoplasms*;
Diagnosis;
Diagnosis, Differential;
Drug Therapy;
Eating;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Lymph Nodes*;
Neoplasm Metastasis*;
Snakes;
Sparganosis*;
Water Pollution
- From:Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research
2014;87(6):336-339
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Sparganosis of the breast is an uncommon disease, but should be considered in the differential diagnosis of unusual and suspicious breast masses. A history of ingesting contaminated water and direct ingestion of snakes and frogs may help in differential diagnosis of the mass. Complete surgical removal is the treatment of choice and provides a definite diagnosis. We report a case of multiple axillary lymph node sparganosis. It was first considered as an axillary metastasis of breast cancer because a newly axillary mass appeared in follow-up radiologic study after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. We performed curative breast cancer surgery and sparganosis was confirmed by extracting the worm during axillary dissection.
