PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J. M. Conly
AU  - L. H. Sekla
AU  - D. E. Low
TI  - Dirofilariasis presenting as a breast lump
DP  - 1984 Jun 15
TA  - Canadian Medical Association Journal
PG  - 1575--1576
VI  - 130
IP  - 12
4099  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/130/12/1575.short
4100  - http://www.cmaj.ca/content/130/12/1575.full
SO  - CMAJ1984 Jun 15; 130
AB  - Dirofilariasis is now recognized as a zoonosis. Infection of humans occurs when a mosquito that has obtained larvae-containing blood from an infected animal transmits the larvae, after they have developed to the infective stage, to a human. Dirofilarial infections in humans have been reported from around the world. In this paper a case is reported in which subcutaneous dirofilariasis in a human presented as a lump in the breast. The epidemiologic and pathogenetic features of this disease are discussed.