title: [Unusual location of hydatid cysts: clinical and therapeutic aspects].
abstract: Among patients treated for hydatidosis, unusual sites are observed in 5-30% of cases, with highest rates in endemic areas; on these basis during the diagnostic work up of masses arising from peritoneum, spleen, mediastinum, kidney and muscle, this possibility should be always taken into account. In fact, only a preoperative diagnosis allows a correct therapeutic approach, especially when synchronous lesions coexist. In this paper the Authors report their experience in the treatment of 66 (5.2%) hydatid cysts developed in unusual sites, out of 1275 patients treated for hydatidosis from 1949 to 1993. They discuss the main pathogenetic and clinical features as well as the therapeutic management of these atypical lesions.
authors.affiliation: I Clinica Chirurgica Generale e Terapia Chirurgica, Università degli Studi La Sapienzae, Roma.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Lucandri
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: D'Elia
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chiavellati
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sterpetti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meloni
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Canuti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Balducci
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ziparo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stipa
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stipa
mesh_terms: D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Localizzazioni non usuali della cisti da echinococco: aspetti clinici e terapeutici.