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Rev. senol. patol. mamar. (Ed. impr.) ; 19(1): 33-35, ene.-mar. 2006. ilus
Article in Es | IBECS | ID: ibc-047844

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Paciente de 18 años de edad, natural de Guinea, que acudea la consulta presentando una gran tumoración en la mama izquierdaque ocupa los dos cuadrantes externos. Se realizanmamografías, ecografía y resonancia magnética, mostrandoun gran granuloma de 12 centímetros, sin observar calcificacionesy localizando una larva adulta en el interior del mismo.Se practica una punción aspiración con aguja fina (PAAF)de la tumoración, observando filarias del tipo Loa Loa. Trasrecibir tratamiento con Dietilcarbamazina e Ivermectin es intervenidarealizando una tumorectomía amplia, quedando lapaciente asintomática


An eighteen years old patient, from Guinea, who comes toour clinic with a large tumour in the left breast that includesthe two external quadrants. A mammography, an ecographand a magnetic nuclear resonance are made showing a largegranuloma of 12 centimetres, without calcifications andwatching the adult larva on the inside of granuloma.A PAAF is practised on the tumour, watching the parasite(Loa Loa filaria). After receiving treatment with Dietilcarbamazinaand Ivermectin, the patient undergoes a large lumpectomy,the patient is now asymptomatic


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Female , Adolescent , Humans , Filariasis/diagnosis , Loiasis/diagnosis , Breast Neoplasms/parasitology , Diethylcarbamazine/therapeutic use , Loa/pathogenicity , Ivermectin/therapeutic use
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