Chen Samantha, Falkner Nathalie Marie, Hardie Mireille Julia, Wylie Elizabeth
Department of General Surgery, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
Department of Radiology, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia.
J Med Imaging Radiat Oncol. 2022 Dec;66(8):1084-1086. doi: 10.1111/1754-9485.13463. Epub 2022 Aug 2.
Schistosomiasis is prevalent in some developing countries; however, it does not commonly affect the breast. Mammary schistosomiasis may present as suspicious microcalcification or a mass on mammography. Image-guided biopsy is necessary to exclude malignancy and identify calcified Schistosoma ova on histology. We report a case of a patient born in the Philippines who was diagnosed with mammary schistosomiasis from incidental microcalcifications seen on mammography.
血吸虫病在一些发展中国家很普遍;然而,它通常不会影响乳房。乳腺血吸虫病可能表现为乳腺摄影中可疑的微钙化或肿块。影像引导下的活检对于排除恶性肿瘤并在组织学上识别钙化的血吸虫卵是必要的。我们报告一例出生于菲律宾的患者,该患者因乳腺摄影中偶然发现的微钙化而被诊断为乳腺血吸虫病。