[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.
Melita
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Università degli Studi di Messina, Istituto di Chirurgia Generale.
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Calbo
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Palmeri
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Lazzara
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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.