Liver and lung hydatid cysts with transdiaphragmatic rupture treated by radical surgery

Ann R Coll Surg Engl. 2022 May;104(5):e125-e127. doi: 10.1308/rcsann.2021.0183. Epub 2021 Dec 21.

Abstract

Hydatidosis is a parasitic disease caused by Echinococcus granulosus, a tapeworm that is endemic in certain parts of the world. We present a case of hepatopulmonary hydatidosis with diaphragm involvement and close contact with the suprahepatic inferior vena cava treated with radical surgery. We discuss therapeutical surgical options (approach and type of surgery).

Keywords: Echinococcosis; Hydatidosis; Liver; Lung; Review; Surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Echinococcosis*
  • Humans
  • Liver / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver / surgery
  • Lung
  • Vena Cava, Inferior