title: Laparoscopic spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy for a primary hydatid cyst mimicking a mucinous cystic neoplasia.
abstract: Pancreatic hydatid cysts are fairly rare. The disease can be encountered concurrently with systemic involvement or as an isolated pancreatic involvement. We report the first case of spleen-preserving laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for a pancreatic hydatid cyst. There was no complication or recurrence. A 55-year-old woman was admitted to our centre with epigastric and back pain. Upper abdominal magnetic resonance imaging revealed a solitary cystic lesion with septations at the pancreatic tail level measuring 24 mm × 18 mm, which was initially thought to be a pancreatic mucinous cystic neoplasia. She underwent laparoscopic spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy and cholecystectomy. Her post-operative course was uneventful and histopathological examination revealed a hydatid cyst in the pancreatic tail.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tugan
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tezcaner
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Yahya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ekici
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Onur Huseyin
authors.initials: OH
authors.lastname: Aydın
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gonca
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Barit
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gökhan
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moray