Delayed diagnosis of traumatic rupture of hydatid cyst of the liver--a case report.
We present a patient with slow rupture of hydatid cyst into the peritoneal cavity, presenting as massive abdominal distension and respiratory embarrassment. On paracentesis, no fluid could be drained. A small lateral incision was made under local anaesthesia to drain the 'ascites', but daughter cysts typical of hydatid came out. On laparotomy, there was a cyst in the right lobe of liver which had ruptured into the peritoneal cavity leading to secondary echinococcosis.
Bari
Shamsul
S
Department of General Surgery, Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar 190001, India.
Malik
Ajaz A
AA
Parray
Fazul Q
FQ
Samoon
Hamid
H
Munfat
Malik
M
Bakshi
Iftikhar H
IH
D000328:Adult; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000209:etiology; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000293:injuries*; D008297:Male; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000469:parasitology*; D012421:Rupture / Q000150:complications; D013997:Time Factors