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KMID : 0371420140870060336
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Annals of Surgical Treatment and Research
2014 Volume.87 No. 6 p.336 ~ p.339
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Axillary sparganosis which was misunderstood lymph node metastasis during neoadjuvant chemotheraphy in a breast cancer patient
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Lee Eun-Kyoung
Yoo Young-Bum
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Abstract
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Sparganosis of the breast is an uncommon disease, but should be considered in the differential diagnosis of unusual and suspicious breast masses. A history of ingesting contaminated water and direct ingestion of snakes and frogs may help in differential diagnosis of the mass. Complete surgical removal is the treatment of choice and provides a definite diagnosis. We report a case of multiple axillary lymph node sparganosis. It was first considered as an axillary metastasis of breast cancer because a newly axillary mass appeared in follow-up radiologic study after neoadjuvant chemotherapy. We performed curative breast cancer surgery and sparganosis was confirmed by extracting the worm during axillary dissection.
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KEYWORD
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Sparganosis, Axilla, Breast carcinoma
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