title: Uncommon localizations of hydatid cyst. Review of the literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hydatid disease is an endemic anthropozoonosis with usual localization in liver and lungs. Rarely it localizes in uncommon sites as spleen, skeleton, kidney, brain, cardiac muscle, peritoneum, sub cutis. Complications of uncommon localizations are the same that for usual ones.
  
  
  METHODS
  Review of the literature on rare and atypical localization of hydatid cysts in soft tissues. Key-words used on Pub-Med [(echinococ OR hydatid) AND (soft tissue OR subcutaneous OR cutaneous)] without time limit. There were found 282 articles; 242 were excluded because of muscular or bone localizations. 40 were coherent.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Different variables are taken into account: age, sex, geographic area, anatomic localization of the cyst, dimension, symptoms, signs, mobility, blood exams and specific serological tests, imaging techniques for diagnosis, existing of septa in the structure, treatment, anaesthesia, spillage, neo-adjuvant and adjuvant treatment, follow-up period, recurrent lesions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  It would be useful create an homogeneous and standardized collection of data of these rare and potentially life-threatening conditions in order to create guide-line of diagnostic and therapeutic process and create (or adopt) unique classification of the lesions.
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mesh_terms: D000352:Africa, Northern / Q000453:epidemiology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D004443:Echinococcosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy; D004444:Echinococcosis, Hepatic / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D019353:Endemic Diseases / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D010532:Peritoneal Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology; D012529:Saudi Arabia / Q000453:epidemiology; D013158:Splenic Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000469:parasitology