large hydatid cyst of ovary a very rare case report

human hydatid cyst is a wide spread disease. it is an endemic disease in iran. hydatid cyst is extremely rare in the female reproductive organs. this is a case report of ovarian hydatid cyst in a 42-year-old woman. she presented with feeling of enlargement of abdomen and abdominal pain. on physical examination, a large mass in lower abdomen palpated. ultrasonography reported a heterogeneous multicystic mass measuring 155×97 mm in hypo gastric area. the ct-scan with iv contrast reported a huge cystic lesion, containing multiple septi that could be due to ovarian lesion. after surgery, histopathological examination showed typical laminated &germinative layers with hexagonal scolecies of hydatid cyst. since the common sites of hydatid cyst are liver, lung, etc and the imaging studies are highly diagnostic for hydatid cysts; this illustrated case is interesting for uncommon site, not suggested by imaging studies and with clinical (surgical) impression of malignant ovarian tumor.