Abstract
40 articles on breast hidatidosis (echinococosis) have been recorded from domestic literatüre between 1933-97. 5 of them were published in foreign medical journals. 54 patients from these articles and a case observed in our department, totally 55 cases with breast hydatidosis were reviewed in this article. 22 breast localisations (0,24 percent) were founded among 9307 cases with hydatidosis in Turkey. Only 2 cases were male (3.6%). Cyst content was clear in 8, colloidal-granulated in 2 from total of 10 aspirated cysts. Diagnosis was confirmed histopathologically in 42 cases, by cytology 3 cases, and 10 by seeing germinative membrane macroscopically. 6 Benign opacity in 7 mammogram (85.7 percent), 3 cystic lesions with interseptal bands in 4 ultrasonogram (75 percent) were seen. Serologic tests (Immunohemagglutination, Weinberg Compleman Fixation) and other (Casoni skin allergy test, Eosinophilia above 3 percent) were applied in 13 cases. Only 9 of 22 test were positive (41 percent). 38 cases were evaluated for other organ involvement of Only 5 cases (3 lung, 1 liver and 1 lung and liver) were found to have hydatidosis (13.2 percent).
Keywords: Echinococcosis granulosus, Hydatid Cyst, Parasitic Cyst
