[Hydatid acute pancreatitis]

Turkiye Parazitol Derg. 2012;36(4):251-3. doi: 10.5152/tpd.2012.59.
[Article in Turkish]

Abstract

Liver hydatid cysts are known to rupture into the biliary tree, but acute pancreatitis is a rare complication of intra-biliary rupture. Intra-biliary rupture was first reported in 1928 by Dew. Intra-biliary rupture is a serious complication of hepatic hydatid cysts. The incidence varies from 1% to 25% in adult patients. In our case, we aimed to show the migration of the material of a hepatic hydatid cyst to the common bile duct and the impaction of hydatid membrane in the papillary orifice, which may cause acute pancreatitis. Parasitic infections should be considered as a differential diagnosis in patients with acute biliary pancreatitis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biliary Tract Diseases / complications*
  • Biliary Tract Diseases / diagnosis
  • Common Bile Duct / parasitology
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic / complications*
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic / diagnosis
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pancreatitis / diagnosis
  • Pancreatitis / etiology
  • Pancreatitis / parasitology*
  • Rupture, Spontaneous / complications
  • Rupture, Spontaneous / diagnosis