Publish – Journal of Clinical Ultrasound, Volume 42, Issue 7, September 2014, Pages 433–435
AUTHORS: Viktorija Vucaj Cirilovic, PhD, Mirjana Dobrosavljev, PhD, Dijana Niciforovic, PhD, Daniela Donat, MD, Dragana Bogdanovic-Stojanovic, PhD, Mirela Jukovic, MD
Keywords: Dirofilaria; ultrasound; subcutaneous tissue; breast
ABSTRACT:
Human dirofilarial infections characteristically manifest as pulmonary “coin” lesions or as subcutaneous nodules. A case of subcutaneous Dirofilaria infection of the breast involving a 25-year-old woman with a painful breast lump is presented. The patient had not traveled anywhere and did not have any animals, but provided a history of being bitten by mosquitoes. The suspicion of a parasitic infection was raised by the presence of rod-like structures within a hypoechoic nodule on sonography; movement within the nodule was detected during the examination. Histopathological examination revealed viable, adult female Dirofilaria repens, a nematode that is commonly found in dogs, cats, and wild mammals throughout parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia.
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