MEHMET METİN HANDE KAHRAMAN NURCAN COŞKUN HÜLYA İPEK GÜL DOĞAN ÇAĞATAY AFŞARLAR
Hitit Medical Journal - 2024;6(1):92-95
Hydatid cyst is a parasitic disease frequently encountered in the liver and lungs, caused by the larval form of Echinococcus granulosus. Occasionally, hydatid cysts can be seen in the spleen, kidney, heart, bone, ovaries and peritoneal cavity. We presented a case of extrahepatic intra-abdominal hydatid cyst, which we have detected incidentally in an eight-year-old girl who was investigated for post-traumatic abdominal pain. Radiologic examination of the patient showed a midline cystic mas including septations superior to the bladder, and mesenteric cyst, ovarian mass and hydatid cyst were considered for differential diagnosis. The indirect hemagglutination (IHA) test result of the patient was negative (<1/160), and the diagnosis of hydatid cyst was made by the histopathological evaluation and microscobic examination of cyst fluid following the removal of cystic mass which was well circumscribed by omentum. We are of the opinion that extrahepatic hydatid cyst should be considered in the differential diagnosis of intra-abdominal cystic masses particularly in endemic regions.
