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ArticleAnnals of medicine and surgery (2012)2021

Acute pancreatitis as an uncommon complication of hydatid cyst of the liver: A case report and systematic literature review.

Ahmed Ben Mahmoud, Souhaib Atri, Wael Rebai, Houcine Maghrebi, Amine Makni, Montasser Jameleddine Kacem

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Article in Annals of medicine and surgery (2012), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Acute Pancreatitis as a Complication of a Hydatid Liver Cyst.Case reports in gastrointestinal medicine · 2025
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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ahmed Ben MahmoudDepartment of Surgery "A", La Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
Souhaib AtriDepartment of Surgery "A", La Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
Wael RebaiDepartment of Surgery "A", La Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
Houcine MaghrebiDepartment of Surgery "A", La Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
Amine MakniDepartment of Surgery "A", La Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
Montasser Jameleddine KacemDepartment of Surgery "A", La Rabta Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.
Hôpital La Rabta · TN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydatid disease is a major health problem worldwide. The liver is the most frequent location of hydatid disease. Acute pancreatitis secondary to liver hydatid cyst ruptured in the biliary tract is scarce and fewly described in literature. The management of this pancreatic complication of liver hydatid disease is challenging and includes a combination of surgical and endoscopic approaches. We report herein a rare case of hydatid cyst of the liver with cysto-biliary communication revealed by acute pancreatitis. A systematic literature review of similar cases reported was provided to compare surgical and endoscopic techniques. A thirty-year-old woman was referred to our emergency unit for acute pancreatitis. The CT-scan findings revealed a liver hydatid cyst ruptured in the biliary tract and daughter vesicles within were found, responsible for C-grade acute pancreatitis. We decided then to perform an emergency surgery through a bisoucostal incision. We performed a cholecystectomy and a peroperative cholangiogram that showed the communication between the cyst and left biliary tracts and the presence of daughter vesicle within the common bile duct. We conducted an exploration of the common bile duct with extraction of vesicle daughters. We left behind a T-tube in the common bile duct and we sutured the cysto-biliary fistula. Drainage was left in the remnant cavity after unroofing the cyst. Postoperative course was uneventful. Six months follow-up showed no recurrence. Cysto-biliary communication of liver hydatid disease revealed by acute pancreatitis is uncommon. We chose to perform emergency open surgery. However, through a systematic literature review, we noticed that endoscopic treatment is an efficient therapeutic and diagnostic tool to delay a morbid surgery of the liver and the common bile duct.

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Acute pancreatitisCase reportCysto-biliary fistulaHydatid cyst

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PMID33552493
PMCPMC7847814
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