Solitary hydatid cyst in thigh without any detectable primary site

Echinococcus granulosus causes a zoonotic infection called Cystic Echinococcosis (CE). Surgeons meet with hydatid cysts of the liver and lungs with reasonable frequency. However hydatid cyst may also appear in other parts of the body. A 30 years old lady presented with a smooth slow-growing subcutan...

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Published in:Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association 2011-12, Vol.61 (12), p.1244-1245
Main Authors: KUMAR PATHAK, Tarun, ROY, Sougata, DAS, Subhabrata, ACHAR, Arun, KUMAR BISWAS, Ashok
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Diagnosis, Differential
Diseases caused by cestodes
Echinococcoses
Echinococcosis - diagnosis
Echinococcosis - surgery
Echinococcus granulosus - isolation & purification
Female
General aspects
Health aspects
Helminthic diseases
Humans
Infectious diseases
Medical sciences
Muscular Diseases - diagnosis
Muscular Diseases - parasitology
Parasitic diseases
Thigh
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Summary:Echinococcus granulosus causes a zoonotic infection called Cystic Echinococcosis (CE). Surgeons meet with hydatid cysts of the liver and lungs with reasonable frequency. However hydatid cyst may also appear in other parts of the body. A 30 years old lady presented with a smooth slow-growing subcutaneous nodule on the anteromedial side of the right thigh with no detectable primary site in the liver or lung. The case was subsequently diagnosed as hydatid cyst of muscle and radical surgery was done under coverage of anihelminthic drug. The common practice in this type of case is to do fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) taking the lesion to be a soft tissue neoplasm. The aim of this case presentation is to be aware of that in case of a diffuse non-tender swelling with history of gradual increase in size, hydatid cyst should be considered in the differential diagnosis.
ISSN:0030-9982