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Dracunculiasis of the breast: radiological manifestations of a rare disease.
[dracunculiasis]
Dracunculiasis
of
the
breast
is
a
rare
manifestation
of
prior
infection
with
the
parasite
dracunculus
medinensis
(
guinea
worm
)
.
We
describe
a
case
of
a
60
-
year
-old
woman
,
who
had
recently
emigrated
from
Cameroon
.
She
presented
for
an
annual
screening
mammogram
and
was
found
to
have
coarse
linear
or
coiled
serpiginous
calcifications
.
These
findings
were
recognized
as
calcified
guinea
worms
within
the
breast
tissue
.
This
case
report
aims
to
highlight
the
mammographic
findings
of
this
rare
infectious
disease
.
