A case of breast sparganosis.
10.3347/kjp.2002.40.4.187
- Author:
Seobo SIM
;
Jai Kyung YOU
;
In Yong LEE
;
Kyung Il IM
;
Tai Soon YONG
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
sparganosis;
breast;
ultrasonography
- MeSH:
Adult;
Animals;
Antibodies, Helminth/blood;
Breast/*parasitology;
Breast Diseases/diagnosis/*parasitology;
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay;
Female;
Human;
Immunoglobulin G/blood;
Sparganosis/diagnosis/*parasitology;
Sparganum/immunology/isolation & purification;
Ultrasonography, Mammary
- From:The Korean Journal of Parasitology
2002;40(4):187-189
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 29-year-old Korean woman visited the Department of Surgery in MizMedi Hospital with a palpable itching mass on the right breast that had existed for the past 7 months. She had no history to eat either frogs or snakes, but had the history of drinking impure water. Sonography revealed a serpiginous hypoechoic tubular structure associated with partial fat necrosis in breast parenchymal layer and subcutaneous fat layer. It also revealed oval cystic lesions. At operation, an ivory white opaque ribbon-like worm that measured 16.5 cm in length and 0.5 cm in width was extracted. Anti-sparganum specific serum IgG level in the patient's serum (absorbance = 0.71), measured by ELISA, was found to be significantly higher than those of normal controls (cut off point = 0.21). Sonography and ELISA appear to be helpful to diagnose sparganosis. Breast sparganosis is rarely found throughout the world.
