An unusual parasitological finding in a subcutaneous mammary nodule

Pathol Res Pract. 2005;201(6):475-8. doi: 10.1016/j.prp.2005.04.008.

Abstract

While examining some histological sections of a clinically suspected neoplastic nodule in a woman's breast, sections of Dirofilaria repens were noted in the same nodule along with sections of a different nematode. The latter appeared to be a specimen possibly belonging to the genus Anatrichosoma (family Trichosomoididae), a parasitic group of helminths rarely reported in humans. In view of the diagnostic interest in an exceptional event, such as a double parasitic infection in the same nodule, we report the details of the case and the morphological findings.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Breast / parasitology
  • Breast / pathology*
  • Breast Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Breast Diseases / etiology
  • Breast Diseases / surgery
  • Dirofilaria / isolation & purification
  • Dirofilariasis / complications
  • Dirofilariasis / diagnosis*
  • Dirofilariasis / surgery
  • Female
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body / diagnosis*
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body / parasitology
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body / surgery
  • Humans
  • Nematoda / isolation & purification
  • Nematode Infections / complications
  • Nematode Infections / diagnosis*
  • Nematode Infections / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome