Notes on a Case of Suppurating Hydatid Cyst of the Abdominal Wall
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her abdomen was getting large and pendulous, ohe remained in this condition for one year and then she went to a hospital where she was tapped and nearlv six pounds of fluid were removed. After this she was much better for a year and then she again noticed that the abdomen ^as getting large. The abdomen was again tapped and nearly four pounds of fluid were removed. Seven days previous to her admission to this hospital, she felt sudden severe pain in her abdomen during defecation. This was attended with rigors and fever and then she came to this hospital. There was nothing abnormal about her menses. P. V. examination reveals nothing abnormal. Present condition.?She is a young woman aged 25 and looks anscmic. The abdomen is large and measures 334 inches at the umbilicus. This is due to a swelling covering practically the whole of the abdominal area, and which is
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