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Management of a pancreatic tail hydatid cyst: a case report
The case report describes a 73-year-old woman, with a history of diabetes, who presented with left hypochondrium pain. Interrogation revealed a long-term history of living with Echinococcus granulosus endemic area, associated to close contact with sheep and dogs. Upon physical examination, a painles...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10543911/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37790154 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2023.45.124.40172 |
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author | Hasnaouia, Anis Trigui, Racem Heni, Sihem Kammoun, Houda Sassi, Imen |
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description | The case report describes a 73-year-old woman, with a history of diabetes, who presented with left hypochondrium pain. Interrogation revealed a long-term history of living with Echinococcus granulosus endemic area, associated to close contact with sheep and dogs. Upon physical examination, a painless mass of the left hypochondrium, fixed to the deep plane. Abdominal ultrasonography (USG) showed a 9 cm encapsulated mass in contact with the tail of the pancreas. Further investigation was carried out by performing an abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan showing: large cystic mass with a partially calcified thickened wall, containing multiple vesicles, measuring 11.5 cm, located at the tail of the pancreas. The patient was put under Albendazole for a week and then operated on. During laparotomy, a hydatid cyst was located in the tail of the pancreas. Conservative treatment was done sparing the healthy pancreatic parenchyma and avoiding major surgery for a diabetic patient. |
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spelling | pubmed-105439112023-10-03 Management of a pancreatic tail hydatid cyst: a case report Hasnaouia, Anis Trigui, Racem Heni, Sihem Kammoun, Houda Sassi, Imen Pan Afr Med J Case Report The case report describes a 73-year-old woman, with a history of diabetes, who presented with left hypochondrium pain. Interrogation revealed a long-term history of living with Echinococcus granulosus endemic area, associated to close contact with sheep and dogs. Upon physical examination, a painless mass of the left hypochondrium, fixed to the deep plane. Abdominal ultrasonography (USG) showed a 9 cm encapsulated mass in contact with the tail of the pancreas. Further investigation was carried out by performing an abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan showing: large cystic mass with a partially calcified thickened wall, containing multiple vesicles, measuring 11.5 cm, located at the tail of the pancreas. The patient was put under Albendazole for a week and then operated on. During laparotomy, a hydatid cyst was located in the tail of the pancreas. Conservative treatment was done sparing the healthy pancreatic parenchyma and avoiding major surgery for a diabetic patient. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2023-07-14 /pmc/articles/PMC10543911/ /pubmed/37790154 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2023.45.124.40172 Text en Copyright: Anis Hasnaoui et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/The Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Hasnaouia, Anis Trigui, Racem Heni, Sihem Kammoun, Houda Sassi, Imen Management of a pancreatic tail hydatid cyst: a case report |
title | Management of a pancreatic tail hydatid cyst: a case report |
title_full | Management of a pancreatic tail hydatid cyst: a case report |
title_fullStr | Management of a pancreatic tail hydatid cyst: a case report |
title_full_unstemmed | Management of a pancreatic tail hydatid cyst: a case report |
title_short | Management of a pancreatic tail hydatid cyst: a case report |
title_sort | management of a pancreatic tail hydatid cyst: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10543911/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37790154 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2023.45.124.40172 |
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