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Year:
2017
| Volume: 23
| Issue: 1
| Pages: 15-6
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Case Report |
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ISOLATED PRIMARY ECHINOCOCCOSIS OF BREAST: A RARE CASE REPORT
R. Liubota, M. Anikusko, O. Zotov, R. Vereshchako, I. Liubota |
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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.2298/AOO1701015L |
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Abstract: |
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Isolated echinococcosis or hydatid cyst of breast is very rare disease especially in non-endemic areas. Even in endemic
areas, hydatid cysts detects only for 0.27% of all cases of hydatidosis. Diagnosis of hydatid disease is difficult and it is
diagnosed after surgical excision in majority cases. We report a case of 39 year old female with isolated hydatid cyst of the left
breast that appeared as a painless breast lump without any specific symptoms. |
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Key words:
breast, echinococcosis, cysts |
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