Abstract

Aim: To evaluate our experience of radical treatment in management of liver hydatid cyst. As liver is considered the organ most frequently infected with hydatid disease.

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  • We discovered increasing incidence of liver hydatid disease

  • Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) restricted to patients presented with preoperative obstructive jaundice

  • Hydatid disease increased in sheep raising areas[7]

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Introduction

Accidental hosts are infected with one or more cysts in different body sites, mainly in the liver[1]. The disease is endemic in sheep rearing countries as in the www.misjournal.net. Mediterranean Sea and Middle East where there is contact with infected animals[2]. We discovered increasing incidence of liver hydatid disease. We get no feedback regarding animal contact in some patients. Camels were the only contact animal in other patients

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