An overview of 13 published reports and the present case.
| Authors | Age (years) | Presentation | FNAC | Imaging | Treatment | Histopathology |
| Lucarelli et al., 2008 | 63 | Breast-WNL | … | CT scan brain: two well-defined lesions in the brain similar to T. solium larvae Mammogram: tubular, worm-like structure suggestive of calcified larvae in the intermuscular area of the pectoral major of left breast | Excision followed by albendazole | Characteristic scolex, with four suckers and a double row of hooks |
| Sinha et al., 2008 | 65 | Painless, mobile lump(1×1 cm) in the left breast | … | Mammogram: a small high-density lesion with round, well-defined margins in the upper outer quadrant Ultrasound: an anechoic lesion with a central hyperechoic focus, consistent with a scolex | Excision biopsy | … |
| Agnihotri et al., 2006 | 22 | Non-tender lump on right breast | … | … | Excision biopsy | Three-layered wall of the cysticercus. Multinucleated giant cells and foreign body granulomas in the wall of the cyst |
| Conde et al., 2006 | 26 | Painless, mobile mass (2.0 cm) in the right breast | … | Ultrasonography: an oval nodule with circumscribed margins, hypoechoic homogeneous content and posterior enhancement | Resection of the mass | Cystic cavity containing larvae, consistent with cysticerci |
| Sah et al., 2001 | 25 | Painless, mobile, firm lump (3.5×2.5 cm) on right breast | … | … | Excision biopsy | Main mass consistent with fibroadenoma, inside which there was a nodule containing scolex with feature of cysticercous cellulose |
| Sahai et al., 2002 | 22 | Breast lump, 2×1 cm | Clear, acellular fluid | … | … | Cysticercus |
| 43 | Breast lump, 1.5×1 cm | Eo, AIE, palisading histiocytes, cysticercus | … | … | … | |
| 35 | Breast lump, 1×1 cm | Cysticercus | … | … | … | |
| 30 | Breast lump, 1×1 cm | Eo, AIE, palisading histiocytes, cysticercus | … | … | … | |
| 30 | Breast lump, 15×2 cm | Few polys, Eo, cysticercus | … | … | … | |
| 32 | Breast lump, 2×2 cm | Eo, AIE, palisading histiocytes, cysticercus | … | … | … | |
| 42 | Breast lump, 1×1.5 cm | Eo, AIE, palisading histiocytes, degenerating cysticercus infiltrated by polys, giant cells, BDC | … | … | … | |
| 16 | Brest lump, 2×2 cm | Few polys, cysticercus | … | … | … | |
| 49 | Brest lump, 3×3 cm | Few polys, Eo, palisading histiocytes, cysticercus | … | … | … | |
| 45 | Breast lump, 2×3 cm | Eo, AIE, palisading histiocytes, cysticercus, BDC | … | … | … | |
| 35 | Breast lump, 2×2 cm | Eo, AIE, palisading histiocytes, FBGC, cysticercus | … | … | … | |
| 30 | Breast lump, 4×3 cm | Palisading histiocytes, cysticercus | … | … | … | |
| 30 | Breast lump, 2×3 cm | Eo, AIE, palisading histiocytes, cysticercus | … | … | … | |
| 49 | Breast lump, 2×3 cm | Eo, AIE, palisading histiocytes, degenerating cysticercus infiltrated by polys, calcareous corpuscles | … | … | … | |
| 15 | Breast lump, 2×3 cm | Few polys, palisading histiocytes, cysticercus | … | … | … | |
| 14 | Breast lump, 3×3 cm | AIE, degenerating cysticercus infiltrated by polys | … | … | … | |
| Amatya and Kimula, 1999* | ||||||
| Kapila and Verma,1996† | ||||||
| Vuong, 1989 | 30 | Breast mass, 2 cm | Inflammatory cells mixed with spiked spherules | Excision biopsy | Scolex with four large suckers | |
| Alagaratnam et al.,1988 | 43 | Breast lump, 0.5 cm | No cellular elements | … | Excision biopsy | Rostellum bearing hooklets |
| Kunkel and Hawksley, 1987 | 25 | Well-demarcated breast mass, 1 cm | … | … | Excision biopsy | Parasite with an invaginated scolex |
| Leggett, 1983 | 29 | Breast lump, 1.5 cm | … | … | Excision biopsy | Scolex with hooklets and suckers |
| Chi and Chi, 1978‡ | ||||||
| Bhattacharjee et al., 2011 | 54 | Painless, hard, breast lump, 2×2 cm | Clear fluid, the cytology of which revealed macrophages and eosinophils | Mammogram: small dot-like calcification with a surrounding halo | Wide local excision followed by albendazole | Scolex at the cephalic end of the parasite |
| Ultrasonography- well-defined round cyst within a collection and a brightly echogenic protrusion from the wall |
WNL, within normal limit; AIE, acute inflammatory exudate; BDC, benign ductal cells; Eo, eosinophils; FBGC, foreign body giant cells; polys, polymorphonuclear leucocytes.
*
The paper document five cases of cysticersosis of the breast among 23 402 biopsy specimens examined over 5 years; no detailed data of these particular cases were presented.
†
The paper represents the first eight cases of Sahai et al. (2002).
‡
This paper reported 191 cases of cysticercosis, of which seven cases were seen in the breast. No details of the individual cases were presented.