Primary disseminated extrahepatic abdominal hydatid cyst: a rare disease.
Hydatid disease (HD) is a parasitic disease, most frequently caused by Echinococcus granulosus or Echinococcus multilocularis and rarely by Echinococcus vogeli or Echinococcus oligarthus. Mostly, hydatid cyst is primarily in liver (75%) and lung (15%). Peritoneal HD (13%) is usually secondary. Dissemination of HD may occur following rupture of the hydatid cyst into the peritoneal cavity. Primary peritoneal hydatid cyst disease is a rare phenomenon. We present a case of primary disseminated abdominal HD presenting with the complaint of a pain in the epigastric region along with intermittent fever. Radiological evaluation and serological examination confirmed it as primary disseminated HD involving pancreas, a cyst anterior to the left lobe of the liver just below the peritoneum and the left kidney.
Department of Surgery, CSM Medical University, Lucknow, India. dr.jkkushwaha@gmail.com
Jitendra Kumar
JK
Kushwaha
Abhinav Arun
AA
Sonkar
Ajay Kumar
AK
Verma
Satendra Kumar
SK
Pandey
D034841:Abdominal Cavity / Q000469:parasitology*; D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology; D048209:Echinococcus granulosus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D007813:Laparotomy; D008297:Male; D035583:Rare Diseases; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed