Isolated hydatid cyst of spleen with cystocolic fistula: An unusual case

Hydatid cyst is a zoonotic disease caused by the cestode Echinococcus granulosus. Humans are incidental intermediate host. Liver and lungs are most common sites involved in hydatid cyst. Spleen, kidney, central nervous system, thyroid, breast are other rare sites. Here we present a unique case of a...

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Autores principales: Garg, Ravi Kumar, Katyal, Aseem, Bishnoi, Sarita Rani, Dahiya, Amit
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Dispatches
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6329273/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30693220
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tp.TP_63_17
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description Hydatid cyst is a zoonotic disease caused by the cestode Echinococcus granulosus. Humans are incidental intermediate host. Liver and lungs are most common sites involved in hydatid cyst. Spleen, kidney, central nervous system, thyroid, breast are other rare sites. Here we present a unique case of a 48 yr female having isolated hydatid cyst of spleen, with the cyst having ruptured into the splenic flexure of colon.
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spelling pubmed-63292732019-01-28 Isolated hydatid cyst of spleen with cystocolic fistula: An unusual case Garg, Ravi Kumar Katyal, Aseem Bishnoi, Sarita Rani Dahiya, Amit Trop Parasitol Dispatches Hydatid cyst is a zoonotic disease caused by the cestode Echinococcus granulosus. Humans are incidental intermediate host. Liver and lungs are most common sites involved in hydatid cyst. Spleen, kidney, central nervous system, thyroid, breast are other rare sites. Here we present a unique case of a 48 yr female having isolated hydatid cyst of spleen, with the cyst having ruptured into the splenic flexure of colon. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2018 2018-12-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6329273/ /pubmed/30693220 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/tp.TP_63_17 Text en Copyright: © 2018 Tropical Parasitology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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title_full Isolated hydatid cyst of spleen with cystocolic fistula: An unusual case
title_fullStr Isolated hydatid cyst of spleen with cystocolic fistula: An unusual case
title_full_unstemmed Isolated hydatid cyst of spleen with cystocolic fistula: An unusual case
title_short Isolated hydatid cyst of spleen with cystocolic fistula: An unusual case
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