An Interesting Case of Isolated Cysticercosis of Breast Masquerading as a Breast Lump in a Young Female

Abstract

Human cysticercosis can affect any tissue or organ in the body and may be asymptomatic or manifest clinical signs and symptoms depending on the area of the body where cysticerci are found. However, at the same time, the involvement of the breast by cysticercosis is an extremely rare phenomenon, with very few case reports published before. In this report, we present the case of a 26-year-old married woman who came with a history of painless swelling in the left breast.

Keywords: breast cysticercosis; breast lump; fine needle aspiration cytology (fnac); human cysticercosis; parasitic infections.

Figure 1. (A) A clinical image showing the exact location of the left breast lump in the upper outer quadrant (marked by an arrow). (B) An oblique view of the swelling.

Figure 2. (A) Ultrasonography of the left breast reveals a well-defined oval cyst within a collection and a brightly echogenic protrusion from the wall. (B) A contrast-enhanced computed tomography film showing a cystic lesion in the left anterolateral chest wall in the intermuscular plane of the pectoralis minor muscle.