title: Hydatid cyst presenting as a breast lump.
abstract: We report a 33-year-old woman who presented with a breast lump which, on pathological examination, was found to be a hydatid cyst. There was no evidence of any coexistent lesion elsewhere. To our knowledge, this represents the first case of hydatid disease of the breast reported from Nepal.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Dharan, Nepal. sp_sah@hotmail.com
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Sah
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: I R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009390:Nepal