HYPOTHESIS Laparoscopy is effective and reliable in treating hepatic hydatid disease. DESIGN Case series of patients with hepatic hydatid disease who underwent laparoscopic treatment within 7 years. SETTING Department of General Surgery, Cerrahpasa Medical School, University of Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey. PATIENTS Forty-eight patients with hydatid disease who met our criteria for laparosc...

Hydatid disease is very common in endemic areas and is one of the most frequent parasitoses in Turkey. We present a rare case of hydatidosis related to the right hepatic colon lumen. Hydatid cysts were present on the liver, in the right adrenal region, and also on the hepatic flexura, surrounded by the right colon and omentum. In our case, a cyst adjacent to the ascending colon had ruptured int...

abstract acase of 48-year-old male, hepatitis b cirrhosis , hepatic hydatid cyst, jaundice, fever, chills suffered from severe abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant. he was suffered from acute cholangitis and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and received intravenous antibiotics but his condition rapidly deteriorated to sepsis and severe hepatic failure. the presence of dilated common bil...

Renal hydatid cyst is a rare entity as compared to hepatic cyst. However, literature manifests case reports of renal cysts. The establishment diagnosis becomes difficult in non-endemic areas. tumour well-considered on clinical examination and radiological investigations for this condition. We presented 45-yearsold male patient who with hematuria was labelled cell carcinoma clinically radiologic...

Hydatid cysts (echinococcosis) are caused by an infestation with larval tapeworms of the genus Echinococcus. The disease is extensively distributed worldwide, and it has been rarely reported in Korea. We describe the cytologic features of a case of hepatic hydatid cyst in a 28-year-old male. Computed tomography revealed a cystic mass in the right lobe of the liver. A right hemihepatectomy was p...

INTRODUCTION Hydatid disease is a helminthic anthropozoonosis with worldwide distribution due to the close associations among sheep, dogs, and humans. It can occur almost anywhere in the body with a variety of imaging features, which may change according to the growth stage, associated complications, and affected tissues. A definitive diagnosis requires a combination of imaging, serologic and i...

A case of 48-year-old male, hepatitis B cirrhosis , hepatic hydatid cyst, jaundice, fever, chills suffered from severe abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant. He was suffered from acute cholangitis and spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, and received intravenous antibiotics but his condition rapidly deteriorated to sepsis and severe hepatic failure. The presence of dilated Common Bile Duct (...

Hydatid disease (cystic echinococcosis) is a zoonotic infection caused by larval forms of the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus. Most common site for cysts is liver and hepatic hydatidosis has a diverse clinical spectrum. Mostly they remain asymptomatic and uncomplicated. Here we report a case of a 50 yr old farmer admitted for renal disease, who was incidentally found to have inferior vena cava...

BACKGROUND Biliary cystadenoma is a rare benign neoplasm, which is often misdiagnosed for a hepatic abscess or a hydatid cyst that tends to recur and is at risk for progression to malignant neoplasm. CASE PRESENTATION This case describes a 30-year-old woman admitted to our institution in an emergency setting. The patient was originally misdiagnosed as affected by a hepatic hydatid cyst at ano...

Introduction Hydatid disease is a parasitic tapeworm infection caused by Echinococcus species. E.granulosus and E.alveolaris are the most common causes of hydatid disease in humans. Hydatidosis is endemic in the sheep-raising districts of Australia, South America, Central Asia, the Middle East and the Mediterranean countries. Osseous involvement is rare and bone lesions are reported in only 0.5...