Mujawar Parvej, Suryawanshi Kishor H, Nikumbh Dhiraj B
Department of Surgery, Shri Bhausaheb Hire Government Medical College, Dhule, Maharashtra, India.
Department of Pathology, ACPM Medical College, Dhule, Maharashtra, India.
J Cytol. 2015 Oct-Dec;32(4):270-2. doi: 10.4103/0970-9371.171248.
Hydatid cyst in the breast is very rare and unusual for its location. Reported incidence of hydatid cyst in the breast is 0.27% in the literature. Herein, we report a case of hydatid cyst of breast in a 65-year-old female who presented with painless, slowly growing lump in the breast mimicking breast neoplasm clinically. Radiological investigations such as ultrasonography and mammography may be helpful but not conclusive. Preoperative fine-needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) diagnosis was consistent with hydatid cyst of breast and was without any complications. Histopathological examination of lumpectomy specimen confirmed the diagnosis of hydatid cyst of breast. High suspicion of this entity should be there in the differential diagnosis in the evaluation of breast lump in endemic as well as in migrant population in nonendemic areas.
乳腺包虫囊肿非常罕见，其位置也不常见。文献报道乳腺包虫囊肿的发病率为0.27%。在此，我们报告一例65岁女性的乳腺包虫囊肿病例，该患者乳房出现无痛、生长缓慢的肿块，临床上酷似乳腺肿瘤。超声和乳腺X线摄影等影像学检查可能有帮助，但不能确诊。术前细针穿刺细胞学检查（FNAC）诊断与乳腺包虫囊肿一致，且无任何并发症。肿块切除标本的组织病理学检查证实为乳腺包虫囊肿。在地方病流行地区以及非地方病地区的移民人群中，对乳腺肿块进行评估时，鉴别诊断中应高度怀疑此病。
