Percutaneous treatment of hepatic hydatid cyst in pregnancy.
A 20 cm hepatic hydatid cyst with daughter cysts, was diagnosed in a primigravida in the fifteenth week of pregnancy and was managed percutaneously. No complications occurred and the patient subsequently gave birth to a healthy baby.
D000328:Adult; D004322:Drainage; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006982:Hypertonic Solutions / Q000008:administration & dosage; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000628:therapy*; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second; D014463:Ultrasonography