Based on a case operated in our clinic the paper discusses the various applications of robotic surgery in the surgical treatment of the hepatic hydatid cyst. We present the case of a 29year-old patient who presented to our clinic with chronic abdominal pain (8 months) localized in the right upper quadrant, without irradiation and showing no other accompanying phenomena. The patient was hospital...

Hepatic hydatid cyst is one of the common public health problems in Maghreb, remains a benign pathology, but its seriousness concerns complications, which are largely dominated by cystic rupture bile ducts.The aim this study to highlight difficulty surgical treatment hydatic cyst, localized central part liver and ruptured biliary ducts with place endoscopywe report cases three patients hepatic ...

BACKGROUND Hydatid disease is endemic in certain areas of the world and it is located mostly in the liver. Intraperitoneal rupture is rare. Rupture may result from trauma or may occur spontaneously from increased pressure of the cystic fluid. Ruptured hydatid cyst is a rare cause of ascites, but should be considered in the differential diagnosis, especially in endemic areas. The diagnosis of ru...

Primary undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of liver is an extremely rare pathologic entity in the adult population. An unusual case is reported of a 44-year-old female who presented with multiple hepatic cysts and peripheral eosinophilia, initially thought to be hydatid disease of the liver. Angiogram revealed neovascularization. Surgical biopsy showed an anaplastic mesenchymal neoplasm. Pathol...

conclusion pair therapy is an effective minimally invasive treatment for gharbi type i-iii hepatic hydatid cysts. it is a cost effective and safe procedure with significant reduction in the duration of hospital stay. results ten patients (66.7%) had gharbi type i cysts, two (13.3%) had type ii and three (20%) had type iii cysts. all the patients (100%) showed reduction in cyst size over a 3-6 m...

 Abstract Alvelolar hydatid disease is caused by E. multilocularis. Human infection occurs at the larval stage of this small tape worm (1.2 to 4.5 mm). In this article we studied alveolar hydatid disease in a 50 year old woman who presented with a hepatic mass. Liver biopsy and histopathologic evaluation showed alvelolar hydatidosis of the liver. Then resection of the left lobe of liver was don...

BACKGROUND Hydatid disease of the liver is endemic in cattle rearing areas of the world. A variety of treatment options are available in its management. The common treatment options are medical therapy, surgery and puncture-aspiration-injection-reaspiration (PAIR) therapy. OBJECTIVES This study was performed to evaluate the effectiveness of PAIR therapy in the treatment of hepatic hydatid dis...

we report a case of 48-year-old woman with multiple hydatid cysts in pararectal region and right paraovarian localization with an unusual sonographic and computed tomographic presentation mimicking a pelvic endometriosis. during laparotomy, multiple pararectal and right ovarian cysts resembling endometriosis were resected. pathologic examination gives the diagnosis of hydatid cysts. retrospecti...

A middle age lady presented with abdominal pain was diagnosed to have multiple peritoneal and hepatic hydatid cysts on CT scan. Retrospectively she was found to have suffered blunt abdominal trauma.