PANCREATIC CYST: RUPTURE: RECOVERY

Rupture of pericardial cyst.

A 49-year-old white woman presenteti with a one and onehalf year history of dyspnea upon exertion, paroxysmal nocturnai dyspnea and pedal edema. She denied chest pain, palpitations or syncopal episodes. An intrathoracic mass had been noted at the right cardiopilrenic angle on a recent chest film. Physical examination revealed an obese white woman with blood pressure of 190/120 mm Hg, pulse 1 12...

Liver Hydatid Cyst Rupture

Hydatid disease is still uncommon in Great Britain. One hundred and seventy cases were reported to laboratories in England and Wales between 1966, when recording first began, and 1980.1 The liver is the site of predilection in more than 60% of reported cases.1,2 It is probably involved at some stage in every case as entry into the portal vein is part of the life cycle of Echinococcus granulosus...

Cryptogenic hepatitis simulating cyst rupture and hydatid jaundice in a patient with preexisting asymptomatic hydatid cyst

Background: Rupture into the biliary ducts is the most frequent complication of hydatid liver disease. In endemic areas of Echinococcus granulosus, development of jaundice in a patient with liver cyst is initially suspected to have hydatid cyst. Case Presentation: A 48 year-old woman with history of asymptomatic hydatid liver cysts was admitted to the emergency department with right upper qu...

Treatment of Pancreatic Rupture.

The management of abdominal hydatidosis after the rupture of a pancreatic hydatid cyst: a case report

INTRODUCTION Echinococcosis or hydatidosis is a zoonosis caused by cestodes from the genus Echinococcus; its habitat is the small intestine of the definitive host, represented by dogs/carnivorous animals, where it produces eggs which are eliminated in the environment. Cystic echinococcosis represents more than 95% of the hydatidosis cases registered annually. The most frequent localization is t...