title: [Unusual locations of hydatid cysts].
abstract: The most common sites of hydatid disease (HD) are represented by the liver and the lungs. In 10% of cases, HD arises in unusual viscera: mainly spleen (0.9 to 8%) and also kidney, bones, heart, brain, peritoneum (0.5 to 5%). Other exceptional location was described in less than 1% of all cases of hydatid cysts. Ultrasonography and CTscan are highly suggestive of HD, while serologic tests are variable. The cysto-pericystectomy is the gold standard procedure but sometimes unsuitable for particular sites. In that cases a conservative approach (partial pericystectomy) is mandatory to preserve the organ function. The place of adjuvant medical treatment remains questionable.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie générale, CHU Habib-Bourguiba, Tunisie.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khiari
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Fabre
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mzali
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Domergue
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Beyrouti
mesh_terms: D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D018461:Soft Tissue Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Les localisations inhabituelles du kyste hydatique.