title: Laparoscopic pericystectomy of a liver hydatid cyst.
abstract: The case of a patient with a liver hydatid cyst in the sixth hepatic segment is reported. Its favorable localization and its calcified state incited us to treat it by laparoscopy. The employed technique is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Digestive Surgery, Bicêtre Hospital, University of Paris XI, Le Kremlin Bicêtre, France.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Guibert
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Gayral
mesh_terms: D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography