Intramuscular Dirofilariasis Mimicking an Orbital Metastasis in a Patient with Breast Cancer

We present the unusual case of a 74 year-old female with a history of breast cancer who presented with acute painless orbital swelling and vertical diplopia. MRI revealed a focal enhancing mass within the superior rectus muscle. As the concern for metastatic disease was high, surgical biopsy was per...

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Autores principales: Henderson, Brett M., Hunt, Christopher H., Eckel, Laurence J., Schwartz, Kara M., Diehn, Felix E., Pritt, Bobbi S., Schembri Wismayer, David J., Garrity, James A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2012
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3449108/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23008795
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/103154
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Sumario:We present the unusual case of a 74 year-old female with a history of breast cancer who presented with acute painless orbital swelling and vertical diplopia. MRI revealed a focal enhancing mass within the superior rectus muscle. As the concern for metastatic disease was high, surgical biopsy was performed and revealed an unusual mimicker of metastatic disease, the parasitic infection dirofilariasis.

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