Combined resection of the liver and the inferior vena cava for hydatid disease.
Hydatid disease can result in cystic liver disease. If a conservative treatment fails, these cysts require resection. Involvement of the inferior vena cava requiring resection for hydatid disease is unusual. We present a case of hydatid disease with complete caval obstruction and resultant portal hypertension that required combined liver resection and inferior vena cava replacement.
Mekeel
Kristin L
KL
Division of Transplantation and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA. mekeek1@surgery.ufl.edu
Hemming
Alan W
AW
D000328:Adult; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D019299:Decompression, Surgical; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000601:surgery*; D006498:Hepatectomy; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery*