title: Hepatic hydatid cysts with biliary, and peritoneal rupture and transdiaphragmatic migration.
abstract: Hydatid disease is a parasitic infection that most commonly involves the liver. Imaging plays a vital role in the diagnosis of this disease. Rupture of the cyst can give rise to a wide spectrum of complications. We describe a case of hepatic hydatid cyst with rupture into the biliary tree, right pleural cavity and dissemination into the peritoneal cavity, with associated splenic hydatid cysts. MRI may be a useful non-invasive diagnostic tool in such disseminated cases to define the complete extent of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Nidhi
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gogia
authors.forename: Raju
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gamangatti
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Seenu
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Madhusudhan
authors.forename: Rajinder
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Parshad
mesh_terms: D001649:Bile Duct Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis