Minimal access surgery for multiorgan hydatid cysts

• Published in: African journal of paediatric surgery Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 40 - 42
• Main Authors: Mishra, Pankaj K, Agrawal, Amit, Joshi, Milind, Sanghvi, Beejal, Gupta, Rahul, Parelkar, Sandesh V
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01.01.2010; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd; Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
• Subjects: Albendazole - administration & dosage; Animals; Anthelmintics - administration & dosage; Care and treatment; Case studies; Child; Cystectomy; Cysts; Diagnosis; Diagnosis, Differential; Echinococcosis; Echinococcosis - diagnostic imaging; Echinococcosis - surgery; Echinococcosis, Hepatic - diagnostic imaging; Echinococcosis, Hepatic - surgery; Echinococcosis, Pulmonary - diagnostic imaging; Echinococcosis, Pulmonary - parasitology; Echinococcosis, Pulmonary - surgery; Echinococcus granulosus - isolation & purification; Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; Health aspects; Humans; Male; Methods; Minimal access surgery for hydatid cysts; Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures - methods; multiorgan hydatid cysts; organ preserving surgery for hydatid disease; Parasitic diseases; Risk factors; Spleen - diagnostic imaging; Spleen - parasitology; Spleen - surgery; Surgery; Thoracoscopy; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Treatment Outcome; Africa
• ISSN: 0189-6725; 0974-5998
• DOI: 10.4103/0189-6725.59362

Multiorgan hydatid cysts caused by larval growth of Echinococcus granulosus, is a rare condition in paediatric age group. There are very few reports of management of multiorgan hydatid cysts, involving lung, liver, and spleen by minimally invasive approach in paediatric age group. Herewith, we are reporting a case of hydatid cysts involving lung, liver, and spleen in a six-year-old child managed by minimally invasive surgery along with the review of literature.