Complicated liver cyst hydatid disease: A case report

Abstract

Introdoction: Hydatid cyst disease is a parasitic disease caused by Echinococcus
Granulosus that can affect all organs, especially the liver and lungs. It is more
common in developing and underdeveloped countries. If the most common liver
hydatid cyst turns into complicated cases, the mortality rate increases.

Case presentation: Our case; 45 years old female patient. The patient, who was
followed up due to intermittent abdominal pain in the right upper quadrant,
presented to the clinic with complaints of jaundice, nausea and vomiting.
Complicated hepatic hydatid cyst was detected in the radiological examinations of
the patient. The patient was operated under emergency conditions,
cholecystectomy and left liver lobectomy were performed. There were no
complications in the postoperative follow-up. He was followed up with
albendezole treatment. No pathological finding was found in the long-term followup.