Hepatic hydatid cyst: a non-surgical approach

Echinococcosis/hydatidosis is common in societies where agriculture and livestock are frequent, and represents a public health problem. The therapeutic management depends on the cyst's characteristics, the patient, and surgical contraindications. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography i...

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Published in:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Main Authors: Pedro Silva Vaz, Eduardo Pereira, Sergiu Usurelu, Ana Monteiro, Ana Caldeira, Gina Melo, Rui Sousa, António Gouveia, Arnandina Loureiro
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 2012
Subjects:
Cisto hidático hepático
Colangiopancreatografia retrógrada endoscópica
Ultrassonografia
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1590/S0037-86822012000600025
https://doaj.org/article/954362bb89c640ea878628c840347f22
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Summary:Echinococcosis/hydatidosis is common in societies where agriculture and livestock are frequent, and represents a public health problem. The therapeutic management depends on the cyst's characteristics, the patient, and surgical contraindications. Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is a valuable tool in the diagnosis and treatment of complicated hepatic hydatid disease. Ultrasonography is a useful diagnostic, therapeutic and follow-up tool. The authors report a case of a 56 years old patient who was diagnosed with a hepatic hydatid cyst in the IVa/VIII segments, describe the therapeutic options and 50 months of disease-free follow-up.

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