Unsuspected giant hydatid cyst of the liver in an 87-year-old woman

Vitorino Modesto Dos Santos; Ana Carla Andrade de Almeida; Suelma de Carvalho Santos; Regina Lucas Machado Lima; Custódio Abel Fastudo

Unsuspected giant hydatid cyst of the liver in an 87-year-old woman

Infez Med. 2011 Sep;19(3):185-8.

Authors

Vitorino Modesto Dos Santos¹, Ana Carla Andrade de Almeida, Suelma de Carvalho Santos, Regina Lucas Machado Lima, Custódio Abel Fastudo

Affiliation

¹ Medicine Department from Armed Forces Hospital (HFA), Brasilia-DF, Brazil.

PMID: 22037440

Abstract

Hydatid cystic disease from Echinococcus granulosus is described in some Brazilian as well as Italian areas. Liver hydatidosis is the most common presentation, which may evolve without symptoms. The authors describe an 87-year-old woman with an unsuspected giant hydatid cyst of the liver and emphasize the diagnostic challenges, mainly involving patients from non-endemic regions.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Albendazole / therapeutic use*
Animals
Anticestodal Agents / therapeutic use*
Diagnosis, Differential
Echinococcosis, Hepatic / diagnosis*
Echinococcosis, Hepatic / drug therapy*
Echinococcosis, Hepatic / parasitology
Echinococcus granulosus / isolation & purification*
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Frail Elderly
Humans
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Anticestodal Agents
Albendazole