Laparoscopic Treatment of Primary Mesenteric Hydatid Cyst

Abstract

Hydatid cysts are mostly caused by echinococcus granulosus and common in societies in which agriculture and raising animals are common. Hydatid disease continues to be a serious public health problem in many countries including Turkey. Hydatid cysts may develop in any organ of the body, but occur most frequently in the liver (50%-80%) and lungs (15%-47%), and occasionally in the spleen, kidney, pancreas, diaphragm, intraperitoneal space, heart, ovaries, prostate, incision scar, retroperitoneal space, thyroid, vesica urinaria, orbita, head and neck, chest wall, brain, musculoskeletal and soft tissue, breast, and axillary space[1,2]. Intraperitoneal hydatid cyst usually develops in relation to liver hydatid cyst rupture[3]. Primary mesenteric hydatid cyst is rare and diagnoses incidentally[3,4]. In the PubMed search, so far 7 cases were reported[3-9]. We aimed to present a case of primary mesenteric hydatid cysts treated laparoscopically.