title: Uncommon locations of abdominal hydatid disease.
abstract: South Chile is an endemic zoonosis area of hydatid disease, where prevalence rates can be 30 to 40/100 000 habitants. Not only is surgery performed on a great number of liver and lung hydatid cysts every year, but also upon cysts found in uncommon abdominal locations such as spleen, peritoneum and kidney. Information on this subject is scarce. We reviewed PubMed index from 1975 to 2001 and found only five related articles, reporting more than 30 cases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Service of Surgery, Hospital Regional deTemuco, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile. cmanterola@ufro.cl
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Manterola
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vial
authors.forename: Héctor
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Losada
authors.forename: Flery
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fonseca
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bustos
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Muñoz
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Barroso
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002677:Chile; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery; D013156:Splenectomy; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery