An Isolated Splenic Hydatid Cyst

An isolated hydatid cyst of the spleen is a rare presentation of echinococcal diseases, especially in non-endemic areas where it may end up with unnecessary work-up and misdiagnosis. Here, we present the case of a 28-year-old female presenting with generalized abdominal pain, constipation, and early...

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Autores principales: Zahoor, Hovra, Sari, Esra, Patel, Jay, Guzman, Nilmarie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10122192/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37095821
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36571
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description An isolated hydatid cyst of the spleen is a rare presentation of echinococcal diseases, especially in non-endemic areas where it may end up with unnecessary work-up and misdiagnosis. Here, we present the case of a 28-year-old female presenting with generalized abdominal pain, constipation, and early satiety who had a delayed diagnosis of isolated splenic hydatid cyst which was partially treated with albendazole, eventually requiring splenectomy.
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spelling pubmed-101221922023-04-23 An Isolated Splenic Hydatid Cyst Zahoor, Hovra Sari, Esra Patel, Jay Guzman, Nilmarie Cureus Internal Medicine An isolated hydatid cyst of the spleen is a rare presentation of echinococcal diseases, especially in non-endemic areas where it may end up with unnecessary work-up and misdiagnosis. Here, we present the case of a 28-year-old female presenting with generalized abdominal pain, constipation, and early satiety who had a delayed diagnosis of isolated splenic hydatid cyst which was partially treated with albendazole, eventually requiring splenectomy. Cureus 2023-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC10122192/ /pubmed/37095821 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36571 Text en Copyright © 2023, Zahoor et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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