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[Breast hydatid cyst. A case report].

J A Pérez·P Castillo·E Henning·A Pérez
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We report the case of a 63 years old woman with a left mammary hydatid cyst. The patient presented with a left painless mammary mass of four months evolution. Mammography showed a dense image of 9 cm phi in the left breast. Ultrasound showed a solid and heterogeneous lesion. The tumor was excised under general anesthesia. The initial macroscopic inspection showed a tumor with a well defined fibrous capsule filled with a grayish material that contained membrane debris. The pathological study confirmed the diagnosis of a hydatid cyst.

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J A Pérez, P Castillo, E Henning, A Pérez. 1997. [Breast hydatid cyst. A case report].. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9336072/

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