A Giant Hepatic Cyst
Mimicking Echinococcosis
Published: June 1, 2018 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2018/36194.11675
Leszek Sulkowski, Maciej Matyja, Artur Pasternak
1. Doctor, Department of General and Vascular Surgery, Regional Specialist Hospital, Czstochowa, Silesia, Poland.
2. Doctor, Department of Endsocopic, Metabolic and Soft Tissue Tumour Surger, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Maopolska, Poland.
3. Professor, Department of Anatomy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Kraków, Maopolska, Poland.
Correspondence
Dr. Leszek Sulkowski,
Bialska 104/118, Czestochowa, Silesia, Poland.
E-mail: leszeksulkowski@icloud.com
Echinococcosis is a life-threatening disease for humans. It occurs all over the world. We report a case of large and complicated hepatic cyst mimicking the Echinococcosis. A 68-year-old female was referred with epigastric pain. Physical examination did not reveal any abnormality. A giant hepatic cyst with a non-homogeneous content was revealed in ultrasound and Computed Tomography (CT). Due to suspicion of Echinococcosis, she underwent surgery with cystectomy. A non-parasitic cyst localised in the liver may mimic the parasitic ones, especially when they are complicated with septa and non-homogenous content.
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