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Sonographic diagnosis of primary hydatid disease in the breast: The scroll sign
Author(s) -
Jha Abhishek,
Gupta Prakhar,
Wahab Shagufta,
Chauhan Narendra,
Haroon Mohd.,
Raghuwanshi Rajkumar Singh,
Gupta Gagan,
Gupta Ajay,
Shah Gaurav,
Raghav Deepak,
Mittal Somit
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of clinical ultrasound
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1097-0096
pISSN - 0091-2751
DOI - 10.1002/jcu.22160
Subject(s) - medicine , hydatid cyst , echinococcus granulosus , disease , sign (mathematics) , radiology , echinococcus , ultrasonography , echinococcosis , ultrasound , stage (stratigraphy) , pathology , cyst , zoology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , biology , paleontology
Primary hydatid disease of breast is a rare entity and is caused by the larval stage of Echinococcus granulosus . The disease is more commonly seen in sheep‐rearing populations and imaging plays a pivotal role in its diagnosis. Several imaging signs have been described in relation to hydatid cysts. However, the “scroll sign,” due to the infolding of the endocyst, has rarely been encountered, with only one similar case in literature, in which the imaging findings were inconclusive. We present a case of primary hydatid disease of breast in a young Asian woman, with the sonographic scroll sign. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 42 :502–504, 2014