Analytical and Quantitative Cytopathology and Histopathology
2021, Volume 43, Issue 1
Research Article
Spontaneous Rupture of a Hepatic Hydatid Cyst Perforating into the Gastric Antrum Diagnosed with Magnetic Resonance Imaging A Case Report and Review of the Literature
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Department of Radiology, Memorial Hospital, Diyarbakir, Diyarbakir, Turkey
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Department of Anatomy, Dicle University, Faculty of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey
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Department of General Surgery, Dicle University, Faculty of Medicine, Diyarbakir, Turkey
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Hepatic hydatid disease is a parasitic zoonosis caused by Echinococcus granulosus. The liver is the most frequently parasitized organ in humans. E. granulosus typically forms a small, fibrous, edged cyst when there is any surrounding host reaction. Classically, there is a large parental cyst with a large number of peripheral daughter cysts. Satellite daughter cysts are common. E. granulosus has two forms: pastoral and sylvatic. CASE: A 36yearold woman was hospitalized upon complaint of nonspecific, continuous, moderatetosevere epigastric pain of 1 week’s duration. There was no fever or vomiting. Only serum aspartate transaminase (420 U/L), alanine aminotransferase (180 U/L) (normal up to 50 U/L), and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (65 mm/ hour) were increased in her laboratory findings. She had a hydatid cyst in the right lobe of the liver and refused all treatment protocols. Her magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography data showed a ruptured liver hydatid cyst associated with closed perforation in the antrum region of the stomach. CONCLUSION: Typically, locations of hepatic hydatid cyst can be seen into the biliary tree, peritoneal space, and blood stream, but extension outside of the liver is rarely seen in the literature. © Science Printers and Publishers, Inc.
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