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Breast sparganosis and incidentally detected subcutaneous and intramuscular sparganosis at several sites: case report and literature review

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Sparganosis is an infestation caused by a tapeworm belonging to the genus Spirometra. We describe a surgically confirmed case of sparganosis in several organs including the breast, both lower extremities, anterior chest wall, inguinal area, and the psoas and gluteus muscles. Mammography, ultrasonography, and MRI imaging findings for our patient were characteristic of sparganosis. Ultrasonography revealed multiple elongated tubular hypoechoic structures with surrounding increased echogenicity. Mammographic findings included tortuous, lobular, and tubular densities. Short tau inversion recovery (STIR) MR images contained several elongated tubular tracts of high signal intensity. These imaging features were highly consistent with pathology results.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Kyung Hee University Hospital, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, 23 Kyungheedae-ro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul, 130-872, South Korea

    Eun Jee Song, Yu-Mee Sohn & Kyung Nam Ryu

  2. Department of Surgery, Kyung Hee University Hospital, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

    Sun Young Min & Sung Hwan Shin

  3. Department of Pathology, Kyung Hee University Hospital, College of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, South Korea

    Yong Koo Park

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Song, E.J., Sohn, YM., Ryu, K.N. et al. Breast sparganosis and incidentally detected subcutaneous and intramuscular sparganosis at several sites: case report and literature review. Jpn J Radiol 33, 225–228 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11604-015-0405-6

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