Peritoneal hydatidosis.
Secondary peritoneal hydatidosis is caused by spontaneous or iatrogenic rupture of hepatic echinococcal cysts. We describe the case of a 65-year-old Tunisian male patient with previous history of liver hydatidosis who presented to our attention with subocclusive status. Imaging revealed a retrovesical hydatid cyst, adherent to the sigmoid colon. The treatment of choice was surgical removal of the cyst and the sigmoid colon. The patient is now being closely followed up.
Costamagna
Daniela
D
Second Division of General Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore della Carità, Corso Mazzini 18, 28100 Novara, Italy.
Maiocchi
Roberto
R
Zampogna
Annunziatino
A
Alonzo
Amedeo
A
Ambrosini
Roberta
R
Stecco
Alessandro
A
Mercalli
Francesca
F
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