Breast lump as a presentation of a hydatid disease.
Hydatid disease is a lesion caused by larval form of Echinococcus granulosus and is seen endemically in sheep-rearing countries. Humans are intermediate hosts of this organism. The liver is the first filter that stops about 75% of the embryos and the lungs filter another 10%, leaving only 15% to develop into cysts in other organs of the body.
Lady Hardinge Medical College and Associated Smt S K Hospital, New Delhi 110001, India. vnagk@yahoo.com
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D000328:Adult; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D048209:Echinococcus granulosus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008413:Mastitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology / Q000473:pathology