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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2021

Total cysto-pericystectomy for huge echinococcal cyst located on hepatic segment IVb. Case report and review of the literature.

E T Pavlidis, N G Symeonidis, K K Psarras, E K Martzivanou, A G Marneri, K E Stavrati, T E Pavlidis

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

E T PavlidisAristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Second Surgical Propedeutic Department, Hippocration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
N G SymeonidisAristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Second Surgical Propedeutic Department, Hippocration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
K K PsarrasAristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Second Surgical Propedeutic Department, Hippocration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
E K MartzivanouAristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Second Surgical Propedeutic Department, Hippocration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
A G MarneriAristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Second Surgical Propedeutic Department, Hippocration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
K E StavratiAristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Second Surgical Propedeutic Department, Hippocration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
T E PavlidisAristotle University of Thessaloniki, Medical School, Second Surgical Propedeutic Department, Hippocration Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Hippocration General Hospital · GRAristotle University of Thessaloniki · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hepatic hydatid disease is located mainly in the right liver. It is usually solitary and asymptomatic; however, a large cyst may cause compression symptoms. We report a case of a huge echinococcal cyst located in segment IVb of the liver in a 39-year-old female, 17 x 11 cm in dimensions, causing persistent epigastric pain and discomfort. The diagnosis was made by a computed tomography (CT) scan, which showed the cystic mass with the characteristic daughter cysts and reactive caps (pericystic wall) consisting of fibrous connective tissue and calcifications. The patient underwent radical resection by total cysto-pericystectomy and had an uneventful postoperative course. Follow-up showed no recurrence in CT and normal liver function test. Total cysto-pericystectomy, as an alternative to hepatectomy, is the preferable choice of radical resection operation, nowadays, in the management of liver hydatid disease even in huge cysts.

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cysto-pericystectomyechinococciasisechinococcus cysthepatic hydatid diseaseliver cysts

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