title: Hepatic hydatid disease complications: review of imaging findings and clinical implications.
abstract: Hydatid disease is a zoonotic parasitic disease. The liver is the most commonly affected organ, and hepatic hydatid disease complications are not uncommon. Hydatid cyst superinfection, intrabiliary rupture, and direct rupture into the thoracic or abdominal cavities are the frequently encountered complications. Other exceedingly rare complications include rupture of the cyst into hollow viscera, abdominal wall invasion, and hepatic vasculature-related complications such as portal vein thrombosis and Budd-Chiari syndrome. These complications have variable clinical presentations and imaging findings and require different medical and surgical managements. We aim to provide a spectrum of imaging findings of different common and uncommon complications of hepatic hydatid disease with emphasis on their clinical implications.
authors.affiliation: Medical Imaging Department, College of Medicine, Al-Qassim University, Buraydah, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Khalefa Ali
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Alghofaily
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, MBC-28, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, P.O Box 3354, Riyadh, 11211, Saudi Arabia. Mbinsaeedan@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Mnahi Bin
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-6231-7914
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Saeedan
authors.affiliation: Medical Imaging Department, Ministry of National Guard, Health Affairs, King Abdulaziz Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Ibtisam Musallam
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Aljohani
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Mohannad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alrasheed
authors.affiliation: Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology, Washington University, St. Louis, USA.
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McWilliams
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aldosary
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Neimatallah
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans
keywords: Complications; Computed tomography; Hepatic hydatid; Liver; Magnetic resonance imaging