Unusual presentation of severely disseminated and rapidlyprogressive hydatic cyst： Malignant hydatidosis

The infection caused by the tapeworm Echinococcusgranulosus leads to the development of hydatic disease. Itis the most frequent mediterranean parasitic infection thatcommonly affects the liver and rarely involves multipleorgans. Herein, we report an exceptional and confusingpresentation of hepatopul...

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Published in世界肝病学杂志：英文版（电子版） no. 3; pp. 633 - 637
Main Author Aya Hammami Olfa Hellara Walid Mnari Chaouki Loussaief Fethia Bedioui Leila Safer Mondher Golli Mohamed Chakroun Hammouda Saffar
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 2015
Subjects
Albendazole
cyst
Disseminated
echinococcosis
Echinococcus
granulosus
Hydatid
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Summary:The infection caused by the tapeworm Echinococcusgranulosus leads to the development of hydatic disease. Itis the most frequent mediterranean parasitic infection thatcommonly affects the liver and rarely involves multipleorgans. Herein, we report an exceptional and confusingpresentation of hepatopulmonary and splenic hydatidosisdue to Echinococcus granulosus that caused diagnosticproblems occuring in a 70-year-old man, treated withchemotherapy, with favorable outcome. This was a veryunusual case of disseminated hydatid cyst highlighting theinterest of keeping a high level of clinical suspicion of thisdiagnosis every time we have a cystic lesion of the liver.
ISSN:1948-5182
1948-5182