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Laparoscopic Drainage of a Hepatic Echinococcal Cyst: A Case Report
The Echinococcus granulosus tapeworm causes hepatic echinococcosis. It is endemic in the Mediterranean region, Middle East, and South America. Human infection is secondary to accidental consumption of ova in feces. Absorption through the bowel wall and entrance into the portal circulation leads to l...
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2011
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350300/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606413 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/107087 |
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author | Goldin, Steven B. Mateka, James J. L. Schnaus, Michael J. Dahal, Sujat |
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description | The Echinococcus granulosus tapeworm causes hepatic echinococcosis. It is endemic in the Mediterranean region, Middle East, and South America. Human infection is secondary to accidental consumption of ova in feces. Absorption through the bowel wall and entrance into the portal circulation leads to liver infection. This case involves a 34 y/o Moroccan male with an echinococcal liver cyst. His chief complaint was RUQ pain. The patient was treated with albendazole and praziquantel. His PMH and PSH was noncontributory. Patient was not on any other medications. ROS was otherwise unremarkable. The patient was AF VSS. He was tender to palpation in RUQ. Liver function tests were normal. Echinococcal titers were positive. CT demonstrated a large cystic lesion in the right lobe of the liver measuring 13.5 cm in diameter. The patient underwent successful laparoscopic drainage and excision of echinococcal cyst. Final pathology demonstrated degenerating parasites (E. granulosus) of echinococcal cyst. |
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spelling | pubmed-33503002012-05-17 Laparoscopic Drainage of a Hepatic Echinococcal Cyst: A Case Report Goldin, Steven B. Mateka, James J. L. Schnaus, Michael J. Dahal, Sujat Case Rep Gastrointest Med Case Report The Echinococcus granulosus tapeworm causes hepatic echinococcosis. It is endemic in the Mediterranean region, Middle East, and South America. Human infection is secondary to accidental consumption of ova in feces. Absorption through the bowel wall and entrance into the portal circulation leads to liver infection. This case involves a 34 y/o Moroccan male with an echinococcal liver cyst. His chief complaint was RUQ pain. The patient was treated with albendazole and praziquantel. His PMH and PSH was noncontributory. Patient was not on any other medications. ROS was otherwise unremarkable. The patient was AF VSS. He was tender to palpation in RUQ. Liver function tests were normal. Echinococcal titers were positive. CT demonstrated a large cystic lesion in the right lobe of the liver measuring 13.5 cm in diameter. The patient underwent successful laparoscopic drainage and excision of echinococcal cyst. Final pathology demonstrated degenerating parasites (E. granulosus) of echinococcal cyst. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-07-28 /pmc/articles/PMC3350300/ /pubmed/22606413 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/107087 Text en Copyright © 2011 Steven B. Goldin et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Goldin, Steven B. Mateka, James J. L. Schnaus, Michael J. Dahal, Sujat Laparoscopic Drainage of a Hepatic Echinococcal Cyst: A Case Report |
title | Laparoscopic Drainage of a Hepatic Echinococcal Cyst: A Case Report |
title_full | Laparoscopic Drainage of a Hepatic Echinococcal Cyst: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Laparoscopic Drainage of a Hepatic Echinococcal Cyst: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Laparoscopic Drainage of a Hepatic Echinococcal Cyst: A Case Report |
title_short | Laparoscopic Drainage of a Hepatic Echinococcal Cyst: A Case Report |
title_sort | laparoscopic drainage of a hepatic echinococcal cyst: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3350300/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606413 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/107087 |
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