title: Giant primary splenic hydatid cyst in a rural patient from southwestern Romania: a rare presentation of the hydatid disease.
abstract: Echinococcosis or hydatid disease is a parasitic zoonosis acquired by humans through ingestion of viable helminthic eggs of Echinococcus sp. with their food. A hydatid cyst of the spleen is a rare condition, commonly reported in 0.5-8% of patients with echinococcosis. We aim to describe herein an interesting and rare case of splenic hydatid disease diagnosed in a 34-year-old female patient residing in a rural area from Romania, a country endemic for this disorder. The therapy consisted of total splenectomy, and the postsurgical evolution was favorable.
authors: Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Victor Babes University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara, Romania.
authors: Victor
authors: V
authors: Dumitrascu
authors: Crenguta L
authors: CL
authors: Calma
authors: Daliborca C
authors: DC
authors: Vlad
authors: Iosif
authors: I
authors: Marincu
authors: Adriana M
authors: AM
authors: Neghina
authors: Raul
authors: R
authors: Neghina
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012383:Romania; D012424:Rural Population; D013154:Spleen / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D013156:Splenectomy; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D015047:Zoonoses