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Extrahepatic

Extrahepatic

Makni, Mohamed Amin

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Medical Reference

ISBN10: 6630046013
ISBN13: 9786630046014
Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing
Published: Jun 8 2026
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.22
Height: 0.15 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Echinococcosis remains an endemic disease in countries around the Mediterranean. The most common site of involvement is the liver (60-70%). In this book, we report a previously unpublished study of intra-abdominal extrahepatic hydatid cysts involving 34 patients. Clinically, the main symptom was abdominal pain (80%). Physical examination revealed an abdominal mass in half of the patients. The diagnosis was based on imaging, which confirmed a cystic formation in all cases. Other findings included peripheral calcifications (51%) and daughter cysts (48%). Echinococcal serology was positive in 60% of cases. Type III was the most common (44.1%). The most common sites were the spleen (29.4%), the psoas muscle (23.5%), and the pancreas (20.6%). Laparotomy was the approach used in the majority of patients (70%). Surgical treatment was either conservative, based on resection of the protruding dome, or radical. Five patients (14.7%) developed postoperative complications, all of which were infectious. Three patients (10%) experienced a recurrence.

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