Hydatid Disease of the Breast

Hydatid Disease of the Breast
Gurkan Ozturk, Mehmet Ozturk, Esref Kabalak
The Breast Journal 2010 16;2:204-5

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Breast involvement can be a part of disseminated hydaditosis or present as primary breast hydatid disease. Isolated breast involvement is reported to be rare, accounting for only 0.27% of the localizations of the cyst and 0.3% of the breast masses. Making a diagnosis of a primary breast hydatid cyst prior to surgery is difficult. There were characteristic ring-shaped structures inside the mass; this was attributed to the difference in the density of the walls and the contents of the daughter cysts inside the fluid-filled hydatid cysts. Such an overpenetrated view might be recommended in endemic areas if fine needle aspiration cytology and/or breast ultrasound results were suggestive of hydatid disease. Complete excision of the cyst is recommended for diagnostic pathological evaluation and treatment.