Multiple Organ Involvement of Hydatid Cyst in 7-year-old Girl

Year 2011, Volume: 1 Issue: 1, 43 - 46, 01.06.2011

Taşkın Taş Ayfer Gözü Pirinççioğlu Mehmet Emin Günel Mücahit Fidan Mehmet Ali Taş

Abstract

Hydatid cyst (HC) is still frequently encountered in Turkey and especially in its south-eastern part, with different clinical symptoms and locations. The disease show different symptoms according organs where it settled and developed. The location of HC occurs almost in all organs but most frequently in the liver, lung, central nervous system, muscle tissues. In this article, we present one case with multi-organ involvement in liver, lung, spleen, kidney and central nervous system

Keywords

Hydatid cyst, multi organ, symptom, location

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