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Hydatid cysts in breast: mammography and ultrasound findings

Baskent University Faculty Of Medicine, Radiology Department, Fevzi Cakmak Cad, 10. sok, No:45, Bahcelievler, 06490, Ankara, Turkey

View larger version (100K): [in a new window]   Figure 1. (a) 48-year-old woman with palpable left breast lumps. Diagnostic mammogram, left mediolateral oblique (MLO) view. Mass in retroareolar region with peripheral calcification and mass in superior aspect with obscured margins within normal breast tissue. (b) Diagnostic mammogram, left caudocranial (CC) view showing same masses. (c) Diagnostic mammogram, left MLO, magnified view showing the lesion with peripheral multiple calcifications.

View larger version (55K): [in a new window]   Figure 2. (a) Breast ultrasound performed with SieScape imaging shows well-circumscribed lesion in retroareolar region with posterior acoustic shadowing on both sides due to calcification. Germinal layer is trapped inside without cyst fluid representing the "congealed waterlily sign". (b) Breast ultrasound performed with SieScape imaging shows second lesion in the upper outer quadrant of the left breast.