Formalin toxicity in hydatid liver disease

Hydatid Disease of the Liver

Our experience in the surgical management of hydatid disease of the liver in 212 patients over the past eighteen years is reviewed. The most frequent postoperative complications and mortality rates of elective and emergency procedures are presented, and the more frequently utilized operative technics are described. In the great majority of patients conservatism was the rule in excision of solit...

Hydatid disease of the liver in children.

Between 1986 and 1997, 21 children (ten boys and 11 girls) had surgery for hydatid disease of the liver. Their mean age was 6.5 years (range 3-12). Abdominal distention with a mass was the commonest presenting symptom (71.4%), followed by abdominal pain (38%). Hepatomegaly with a palpable mass was present in 12 (57%). Three children had concomitant pulmonary and brain hydatid disease. The diagn...

Hydatid Liver Disease: Single Center Experience

Background: Hydatid cyst is a parasitic infection which is mostly caused by Echinococcus granulosus. This continues to be an essential cause of morbidity and mortality in many parts of the world including Palestine, where it is an important public health problem with increasing Incidence due to globalization. The study was conducted to find out the incidence, presentation and the outcome of man...

Caroli's disease misdiagnosed as hydatid liver cysts.

A 27 year old woman who presented with upper abdominal pain was found on ultrasonography to have multiple liver cysts consistent with hydatid disease. Three years previously she had undergone evacuation of multiple infected liver cysts thought to be due to hydatid disease. Computed tomographic scanning supported the diagnosis of hydatid disease affecting the right lobe of the liver. At laparoto...

Management of hydatid disease of the liver.