Abstract
Perforation of the liver hydatid cyst into hollow abdominal organs is an extremely rare complication. A case of two synchronous hydatid cysts in an old lady is presented. The patient had one multilobular cyst perforated into the right colon and another one uncomplicated located at the right ovary. She underwent partial cystectomy, omentoplasty, right hemicolectomy, and total hysterectomy, and had an uneventful recovery.
Highlights
Echinococcosis is a parasitosis endemic in Mediterranean countries, the Middle and Far East, South America, Australia, and East Africa
The content of the cyst did not drain into the large bowel because the fistula was very narrow and allowed only gas from the large bowel to penetrate into the cyst
Hydatid cyst of the ovaries is very rare and a few cases have been reported in the literature [6,7]
Summary
Liver hydatid cyst perforated into the large bowel: a case report Ioannis G Bougioukas1*, Nikolaos Courcoutsakis, Odysseas S Korakianitis, Antonios-Apostolos K Tentes and Panagiotis Prasopoulos. Address: 1Surgical Department, Didimotichon General Hospital, Konstantinoupoleos 1 Str. 68300, Didimotichon, Greece, 2Department of Radiology, Democritus University, Alexandroupolis General Hospital, Dragana 68100, Alexanroupolis, Greece and 3Department of Anesthesiology, Didimotichon General Hospital, Konstantinoupoleos 1 Str. 68300, Didimotichon, Greece.
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