Incidental isolated pancreatic hydatid cyst.
Isolated pancreatic hydatid cysts are a rare parasitic disease even in endemic areas. It is difficult to discriminate primary pancreatic hydatid cysts from other cystic and solid lesions of the pancreas. This is a case report of an incidental isolated pancreatic hydatid cyst. A heterogeneous cystic lesion in the body of the pancreas was identified on magnetic resonance imaging of a patient previously diagnosed patient with cholelithiasis, and because of the malignant possibility of the lesion, splenectomy with distal pancreatectomy and cholecystectomy was performed. The histopathologic diagnosis was reported as a hydatid cyst. Pancreatic hydatid cysts should be kept in mind in the differential diagnosis of pancreatic pseudocysts and cystic malignancies.
Department of General Surgery, Atatürk University Faculty of Medicine, , Erzurum, Turkey. kisaoglu.a@gmail.com.
Abdullah
A
Kısaoğlu
Bünyami
B
Özoğul
Sabri Selçuk
SS
Atamanalp
Berhan
B
Pirimoğlu
Bülent
B
Aydınlı
Ercan
E
Korkut
D015746:Abdominal Pain; D015766:Albendazole / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D000923:Anticestodal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002763:Cholecystectomy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery; D004446:Echinococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D010179:Pancreas / Q000469:parasitology / Q000601:surgery; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D010182:Pancreatic Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000469:parasitology / Q000628:therapy; D010192:Pancreatic Pseudocyst / Q000175:diagnosis; D013156:Splenectomy; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase / Q000097:blood
D000923:Anticestodal Agents; D005723:gamma-Glutamyltransferase; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D015766:Albendazole