title: Anaphylactic shock in a female patient due to a spontaneous rupture of a hepatic hydatid cyst: a case report.
abstract: A 27-year-old female patient, a refugee from Bosnia and Herzegovina, was admitted to our hospital in a state of shock. She developed an anaphylactic reaction. The US and CT of abdomen revealed a spontaneous rupture of a hepatic hydatid cyst. An emergency operative procedure was performed and in the postoperative period she was treated conservatively with albendazol during the next two months. There was no recurrence of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Dubrava University Hospital, Zagreb, Croatia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Horzic
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bunoza
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maric
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000209:etiology*; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous