Mustafa Issa Tayeh Mustafa, Mazhar Abbas, Azhar Abbas Khan, Rami Issa Tayeh Mustafa.
Hydatid cyst of liver: a case report.
Pak J Med Health Sci Jan ;5(4):803-5.

Hydatid disease is a parasitic infection by a tape worm of the Genus Echinococcus. It effects human as well as other mammals like; sheep, dogs, rodents and horses. Hydatid cyst is one of the known cause of Liver mass. Investigations and appropriate management provides improved quality of life and substially decrease mortality ratio. We are presenting here a case of Hydatid cyst left lobe of Liver, in which left lobe was converted into a cyst. So complete left lobectomy was done at District Head Quarter Hospital, Bhakkar. A twenty-five year old female, residing in District Bhakkar, presented with intermittent abdominal pain for 2 years. Abdominal sonography showed a multiloculated cystic mass in the left lobe of liver with some punctuate calcifications at the peripheral wall and thickened septa. Under the impression of hepatic hydatid cyst, the patient received left lobectomy. Histological study of the lesion showed a cyst with many daughter cysts lying free in the cyst fluid. Hydatid cyst may be asymptomatic or may lead to lethal complications. Surgery is considered the optimal treatment that has the potential to remove the cyst and leads to complete cure. It is important to make a preoperative diagnosis based on the typical image findings, so that surgeons may take particular precaution not to rupture the lesion as peritoneal spillage may lead to disseminated implantation.

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