title: Minimal invasive treatment of abdominal multiorgan echinococcosis.
abstract: Hydatid disease is a severe zoonosis, exerting a high economic and social impact through its numerous complications, leading to disabilities, even death. Because of technical developments, especially the increasing experience of surgeons, laparoscopic surgery has been extended so that it can be successfully applied to abdominal hydatid cysts. We present the case of a 16-year-old patient who came to our clinic for upper abdominal pain. The abdominal ultrasonography and computed tomography (CT) showed 2 cyst-like tumors, with hydatid features: one affecting the eighth liver segment and the other located at the upper pole of the spleen. We performed the surgical intervention using a laparoscopic approach, with an uneventful postoperative follow-up and the patient was discharged home on postoperative day 4. The postoperative images at 6 and 12 months showed a decrease in size of the remnant cystic cavities.
authors: Department of Surgery, "Octavian Fodor," Regional Institute of Gastro-Enterology and Hepatology, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; "Iuliu Hatieganu," University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
authors: Claudiu
authors: C
authors: Tomuş
authors: Florin
authors: F
authors: Zaharie
authors: Lucian
authors: L
authors: Mocan
authors: Dana
authors: D
authors: Bartoş
authors: Roxana
authors: R
authors: Zaharie
authors: Cornel
authors: C
authors: Iancu
authors: Al Hajjar
authors: AH
authors: Nadim
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery