What is it about?
Hydatid cyst a parasitic disease which is caused by larval stages of cestodes of Echinococcus family (“Echinococcus granulosus” or “Echinococcus multilocularis”). Most commonly it involves liver and lungs; however it can occur¬ in unusual locations like spleen, psoas muscles, mesentery, ovary, inguinal region and breast.
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Why is it important?
Breast hydatid are very rare and are often masquerade as tumoral lesion of breast. In literature, few reports of breast hydatid are published and nearly all cases have been diagnosed post operatively. Purpose is to bring clinical and radiological character of this rare entity to the clinician’s and radiologist’s awareness.
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Hydatid disease is parasitic disease which is “endemic” in various parts of the world. The causative agent for the disease is larval stages of cestodes of Echinococcus family (“Echinococcus granulosus” or “Echinococcosis multilocularis”). Humans are the accidental who acquires the infection by ingestion of eggs that hatches in the small bowel and release oncosphere that penetrates intestinal wall and migrates through circulatory system to various organs.
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This page is a summary of: Breast Hydatid Masquerading as Breast Neoplasm: Report of 2 Cases, Journal of Case Reports and Medical History, February 2024, Acquire Publications LLC,
DOI: 10.54289/jcrmh2400119.
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