title: [Hydatid cyst of ovary. Report of 7 cases].
abstract: Hydatid disease is a wide spread disease. It is endemic in Tunisia. Man is contaminated by digestif way and by living with dogs. The disease affects usually liver and lung. Other localisations are rare. Hydatid cyst of the ovary is uncommon and clinically they present like malignant tumour of ovary. We present 7 cases of hydatid cyst of the ovary and we discuss the characteristics of this site of the hydatic disease.
authors.affiliation: Service de chirurgie carcinologique, Institut Salah Azaït, Tunis.
authors.forename: Ridha
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Makhlouf
authors.forename: Amor
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gamoudi
authors.forename: Tarek
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Bouzid
authors.forename: Riadh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chargui
authors.forename: Fethi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Khomsi
authors.forename: Jamel
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ben Hassouna
authors.forename: Dorsaf
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maghraoui
authors.forename: Monia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hechiche
authors.forename: Khaled
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Rahal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010049:Ovarian Diseases / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000601:surgery