title: Hepatic cerebrospinal fluid pseudocyst mimicking hydatid liver disease: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  An abdominal pseudocyst is a rare complication of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt. Etiological factors include infection, obstruction and dislodgement. This is the first report of a hepatic cerebrospinal fluid pseudocyst mimicking hydatid liver disease.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of an 18-year-old Caucasian male patient who presented with a hepatic pseudocyst secondary to a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt, misdiagnosed as hydatid disease of the liver.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Hepatic pseudocysts, a rare complication of a ventriculo-peritoneal shunt, have similar clinical and radiological characteristics to those of hydatid liver disease. The formation of a pseudocyst should always be considered in patients with ventriculo-peritoneal shunts in situ.
authors.affiliation: HBP and Liver Transplant Unit, Department of Surgery, American University of Beirut-Medical Centre, American University of Beirut Street, Beirut-Lebanon. wf07@aub.edu.lb.
authors.forename: Walid
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Faraj
authors.forename: Houssein Haidar
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mukherji
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khalife