Giant primary splenic hydatid cyst in a rural patient from southwestern Romania: a rare presentation of the hydatid disease

Vector Borne Zoonotic Dis. 2013 May;13(5):342-4. doi: 10.1089/vbz.2012.1171. Epub 2013 Feb 12.

Abstract

Echinococcosis or hydatid disease is a parasitic zoonosis acquired by humans through ingestion of viable helminthic eggs of Echinococcus sp. with their food. A hydatid cyst of the spleen is a rare condition, commonly reported in 0.5-8% of patients with echinococcosis. We aim to describe herein an interesting and rare case of splenic hydatid disease diagnosed in a 34-year-old female patient residing in a rural area from Romania, a country endemic for this disorder. The therapy consisted of total splenectomy, and the postsurgical evolution was favorable.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echinococcosis / diagnosis*
  • Echinococcosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Echinococcosis / surgery
  • Echinococcus / isolation & purification*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Romania
  • Rural Population
  • Spleen / diagnostic imaging
  • Spleen / parasitology
  • Spleen / surgery
  • Splenectomy
  • Splenic Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Splenic Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Splenic Diseases / surgery
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Zoonoses