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Volume 23

October - December 2007 (Part-I)

Number  5


 

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A hydatid cyst found in an uncommon
site coincidentally

Nihal Kilinc1, Cigdem Arican2

ABSTRACT

Echinococcosis or hydatid cyst disease is a common parasitic disease that is known to affects both humans and animals. Echinococcosis manifests as a cyst formation, is caused by E. Granulosis (unilocular cystic) and E. Alveolaris (multilocular cystic) and is an important health problem in poorly developed countries. In this paper, we report and discuss a rare case of primary hydatid disease presenting as uterus leiomyoma at 33-weeks of gestation. Hydatid cysts in the genital tract are rare and gynaecologists should be cognisant of the possibility of hydatid cysts when a mass is found in the uterus.

KEY WORDS: Hydatid cyst, Echinococcus, Uterus, Leiomyoma, Pregnancy.

Pak J Med Sci    October - December 2007 (Part-I)    Vol. 23 No. 5    774-776


1. Dr. Nihal Kilinc, MD
Associate Professor,
2. Dr. CigdemArican, MD
Assistant Director,
1-2: Dicle University, Medical Faculty,
Department of Pathology,
Diyarbakir – Turkey.

Correspondence

Dr. Nihal Kilinc, MD,
Department of Pathology,
Faculty of Medicine,
Dicle University,
21280 Diyarbakir – Turkey.
E-mail: nhl@dicle.edu.tr

* Received for Publication: April 16, 2007
* Revision Received: July 20, 2007
* Revision Accepted: July 26, 2007



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