MERAD Zakaria, Solitary Splenic Hydatid Cyst, Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Pathology, Volume 1, Issue 4, 2021, Pages 1-4, ISSN 2689-5773, https://doi.org/10.14302/issn.2689-5773.jcdp-21-3890.
(https://ijn-medicalarticles.info/jcdp/article/1673)
Abstract: Splenic hydatid cyst is very rare, caused by the parasite echinococcus granulosus. Humans are considered an accidental intermediate host in the development of the parasite cycle. It poses a diagnostic dilemma with other cystic masses despite improved medical imaging techniques often requiring exploratory surgeries for fear of missing out on a malignant tumor. Total or partial splenectomy remains the treatment of first choice and the most effective. We report a case of solitary splenic hydatid cyst and discuss the different differential diagnoses and therapeutic modalities.
Keywords: Macroscopic; hydatid; cyst; echinococcus granulosus; spleen