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(Radiology. 2001;218:517-520.)
© RSNA, 2001

Breast Imaging

Cutaneous Myiasis of the Breast: Mammographic and US Features—Report of Five Cases1

Nestor de Barros, MD, Mário S. D’Avila, MD, Selma Pace de Bauab, MD, Flávia K. K. Issa, MD, Felipe J. C. Freitas, MD, Su J. Kim, MD, Luciano F. Chala, MD and Giovanni G. Cerri, MD

1 From the Department of Radiology, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil. From the 2000 RSNA scientific assembly. Received April 19, 2000; revision requested May 26; revision received July 14; accepted August 2. Address correspondence to N.d.B., Rua Sampaio Vidal, 185, São Paulo-SP 01443-000, Brazil (e-mail: nestorbarros@uol.com.br).

Five patients with breast myiasis underwent mammography, and three also underwent ultrasonography (US). Mammography revealed indistinct masses in all patients, with associated pairs of microcalcifications in three. US showed each larva as a fusiform hyperechoic mass surrounded by a hypoechoic halo, which included larval movement in one patient. These imaging features of breast myiasis facilitate correct diagnosis. Supplemental material: radiology.rsnajnls.org/content/full/218/2/517/DC1.

Index terms: Breast, abscess, 00.73 • Breast, calcification, 00.81 • Breast, diseases, 00.73 • Breast, US, 00.1298 • Skin, diseases, 06.73




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