Hallazgos radiológicos en la filariasis mamaria

Abstract

We report two cases of lymphatic filariasis of the breast, presenting the various imaging findings of an unusual disease in western countries. However, due to increased immigration from endemic areas, more patients with this disease will gradually be seen in this country. In the first case, the patient had a solid breast lump, which required fine needle aspiration cytology to be diagnosed. It was a lymph node with microfilariae. In the second case, a routine mammogram showed serpiginous and tubular calcifications without an accompanying mass compatible with necrotic tissue and calcified parasite. These calcifications are typical of filariasis.