Pediatric Hydatid Cyst of the Neck Mimicking a Cystic Tumor: A Report of a Rare Case

Hydatidosis is a parasitic infection caused by the cestode Echinococcus granulosus usually occurring in the liver and lungs. Hydatid cyst of the neck is a rarely described location and more so on the back of the neck. We present a case of a six-year-old girl with a slowly evolving mass on the back o...

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Autores principales: Ait M'barek, Yassine, Hamadi, Hajar, Benantar, Lamia, Belokda, Tariq, Hamidi, Elmehdi, Aniba, Khalid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Pediatric Surgery
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10168133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37182023
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37328
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author Ait M'barek, Yassine
Hamadi, Hajar
Benantar, Lamia
Belokda, Tariq
Hamidi, Elmehdi
Aniba, Khalid
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description Hydatidosis is a parasitic infection caused by the cestode Echinococcus granulosus usually occurring in the liver and lungs. Hydatid cyst of the neck is a rarely described location and more so on the back of the neck. We present a case of a six-year-old girl with a slowly evolving mass on the back of her neck. Medical investigations revealed a secondary asymptomatic liver cyst. MRI of the neck mass was consistent with a cystic lesion. Surgical removal of the neck cyst was performed. Pathological examination results confirmed the diagnosis of hydatid cyst. The patient was put on medical treatment with a complete recovery and uneventful follow-up.
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spelling pubmed-101681332023-05-10 Pediatric Hydatid Cyst of the Neck Mimicking a Cystic Tumor: A Report of a Rare Case Ait M'barek, Yassine Hamadi, Hajar Benantar, Lamia Belokda, Tariq Hamidi, Elmehdi Aniba, Khalid Cureus Pediatric Surgery Hydatidosis is a parasitic infection caused by the cestode Echinococcus granulosus usually occurring in the liver and lungs. Hydatid cyst of the neck is a rarely described location and more so on the back of the neck. We present a case of a six-year-old girl with a slowly evolving mass on the back of her neck. Medical investigations revealed a secondary asymptomatic liver cyst. MRI of the neck mass was consistent with a cystic lesion. Surgical removal of the neck cyst was performed. Pathological examination results confirmed the diagnosis of hydatid cyst. The patient was put on medical treatment with a complete recovery and uneventful follow-up. Cureus 2023-04-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10168133/ /pubmed/37182023 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37328 Text en Copyright © 2023, Ait M'barek 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.
spellingShingle Pediatric Surgery
Ait M'barek, Yassine
Hamadi, Hajar
Benantar, Lamia
Belokda, Tariq
Hamidi, Elmehdi
Aniba, Khalid
Pediatric Hydatid Cyst of the Neck Mimicking a Cystic Tumor: A Report of a Rare Case
title Pediatric Hydatid Cyst of the Neck Mimicking a Cystic Tumor: A Report of a Rare Case
title_full Pediatric Hydatid Cyst of the Neck Mimicking a Cystic Tumor: A Report of a Rare Case
title_fullStr Pediatric Hydatid Cyst of the Neck Mimicking a Cystic Tumor: A Report of a Rare Case
title_full_unstemmed Pediatric Hydatid Cyst of the Neck Mimicking a Cystic Tumor: A Report of a Rare Case
title_short Pediatric Hydatid Cyst of the Neck Mimicking a Cystic Tumor: A Report of a Rare Case
title_sort pediatric hydatid cyst of the neck mimicking a cystic tumor: a report of a rare case
topic Pediatric Surgery
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10168133/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37182023
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.37328
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