A Young Man in a Rural Breast Clinic

Abstract

This article reports a case from Rwanda of muscular cysticercosis presenting as a painful "breast" lump in a young male patient. Sonographic evaluation revealed a hypoechoic mass deep to the breast tissue likely within the pectoralis muscle, rather than the breast. Subsequent excisional biopsy resulted in the diagnosis of cysticercosis.

Solitary Breast Human Cysticercosis Simulating Benign Tumor in a Young Female

“…A study from Nepal reported 62 cases of cysticercosis, of which five were in breast but all were initially presumed cases of fibroadenoma [9]. Extensive literature search revealed less than a dozen cases of breast cysticercosis from Indian subcontinent [10,11]. Many times Imaging gives a clue to diagnosis by detecting calcified cysts but confirmation requires demonstration of parasite on histology.…”