Case Report

A Young Man in a Rural Breast Clinic

Authors
  • Linda Ratanaprasatporn (Brigham & Women’s Hospital)
  • Aline Umwizerwa (Partners in Health)
  • Vedaste Hategekimana (Partners in Health)
  • Vestine Rugema (Partners in Health)
  • Sughra Raza (Brigham & Women's Hospital)

Abstract

This article reports a case from Rwanda of muscular cysticercosis presenting as a painful “breast” lump in a young male patient. Sonographic evaluation revealed a hypoechoic mass deep to the breast tissue likely within the pectoralis muscle, rather than the breast. Subsequent excisional biopsy resulted in the diagnosis of cysticercosis.

Keywords: cysticercosis, sonographic evaluation, global radiology

How to Cite:

Ratanaprasatporn, L., Umwizerwa, A., Hategekimana, V., Rugema, V. & Raza, S., (2019) “A Young Man in a Rural Breast Clinic”, Journal of Global Radiology 5(1): 5. doi: https://doi.org/10.7191/jgr.2019.1084

Rights: © 2019 Ratanaprasatporn, Umwizerwa, Hategekimana, Rugema, Raza. This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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Published on
06 Dec 2019