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Breast-nonmalignant
Parasites
Sparganosis
Reviewer: Hind Nassar, M.D. in January 2009 (see Authors page)
Revised: 1 October 2012, last major updated March 2010
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Definition
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● Infection with larval tapeworm of genus Spirometra (Stanford University)
Terminology
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Epidemiology
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Sites
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Etiology
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● Ingesting snake or frog meat or drinking untreated water
Life cycle
Clinical features
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Prognostic factors
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Case reports
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● 17 cm worm (Korean J Parasitol 2002;40:187)
● 20 cm actively moving worm (Korean J Parasitol 2006;44:151)
● 38 year old man (J Formos Med Assoc 2005;104:127)
Treatment
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● Excision / extraction plus possibly mebendazole (may be resistant)
Clinical images
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Worm arising from 2 cm breast nodule at surgery
Gross description (Macroscopy)
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Gross images
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Extracted worms
Micro description (Histopathology)
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Micro images
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Drawings
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Virtual Slides
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Videos
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Cytology description
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Cytology images
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Positive stains
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Negative stains
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Electron microscopy descriptions
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Electron microscopy images
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Molecular / cytogenetics description
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Molecular / cytogenetics images
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Differential Diagnosis
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Additional references
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