Unsuspected giant hydatid cyst of the liver in an 87-year-old woman.
Hydatid cystic disease from Echinococcus granulosus is described in some Brazilian as well as Italian areas. Liver hydatidosis is the most common presentation, which may evolve without symptoms. The authors describe an 87-year-old woman with an unsuspected giant hydatid cyst of the liver and emphasize the diagnostic challenges, mainly involving patients from non-endemic regions.
Medicine Department from Armed Forces Hospital (HFA), Brasilia-DF, Brazil.
Vitorino Modesto
VM
Dos Santos
Ana Carla
AC
Andrade de Almeida
Suelma
S
de Carvalho Santos
Regina Lucas
RL
Machado Lima
Custódio Abel
CA
Fastudo
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000818:Animals; D000923:Anticestodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000469:parasitology; D048209:Echinococcus granulosus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D016330:Frail Elderly; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000923:Anticestodal Agents; D015766:Albendazole