[Biliary peritonitis caused hy hydatid disease].
After specifying that rupture of a hydatid cyst in the peritoneal cavity is one of the most serious and rarest complications of hepatic hydatidosis, attention is paid to the peritoneal hydatid (o chole-hydatid). The aetiopathogenetic mechanisms and the anatomo-pathological features of this type of lesion are described in brief. Finally, the personally employed diagnostic protocol and therapeutic strategy in the face of this feared complication are reported.
Università degli Studi di Messina, Istituto di Chirurgia Generale.
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D002915:Chylous Ascites / Q000209:etiology*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008463:Mebendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010538:Peritonitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous
D008463:Mebendazole
Peritonite biliare da malattia idatidea.