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World J Emerg Surg. 2009; 4: 13.
Published online 2009 April 3. doi: 10.1186/1749-7922-4-13.
PMCID: PMC2670280
Primary abdominal hydatid cyst presenting in emergency as appendicular mass: a case report
Utpal Decorresponding author1
1Dept of Surgery, Medical College Hospital, 88, College Street, Kolkata 78, India
corresponding authorCorresponding author.
Utpal De: utpalde/at/vsnl.net
Received December 30, 2008; Accepted April 3, 2009.
Abstract
Hydatid disease, caused by Echinococcus granulosus, is a common parasitic infection of the liver. Disseminated intra-abdominal hydatid disease may occur following rupture of the hydatid cyst into the peritoneal cavity, producing secondary echinococcosis. Rarely cyst may develop de-novo in the peritoneal cavity without involvement of any other intra-abdominal organs. We present a unique case of 56-year-old woman with a primary intraabdominal hydatid cyst in the right iliac fossa masquerading as appendicular lump.