A case report of hydatid cyst of pancreas

authors:

avatar Alireza Khazaei 1 , * , avatar hassan enayati 2 , avatar H Rafighdoost 3 , avatar zahra sepehri 4

Surgery Dept, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Zahedan, Iran.
Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Dept, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Zahedan, Iran.
Anatomy Dept, Faculty of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Zahedan, Iran.
General Physician.

how to cite: Khazaei A, enayati H, Rafighdoost H, sepehri Z. A case report of hydatid cyst of pancreas. Zahedan J Res Med Sci. 2004;6(4):e94978. 

Abstract

Hydatid disease is caused by the Echinococcus Granulosus. On occasion man is an intermediate
host in whom the disease is manifested by the presence of one or more hydatid cysts, usually
asymptomatic. In this case it was presented as a pancreatic cyst and discovered on ultrasonography
and CT scan as pseudo cyst and after successfully operation hydatid cyst of pancreas was definite
diagnosis.

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