A very rare case: Hydatid cyst surrounding uterus and magnetic resonance imaging findings in the pregnant patient

Abstract

Hydatid cyst disease is very rare in pregnancy having an incidence of 1 in 20,000 pregnancies and there is no recommended standard treatment. Both surgical and medical modalities have been tried. Modalities that do not use ionizing radiation such as ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging should be preferred for diagnosis and evaluating acute conditions in a pregnant patient. In this article, a rare pelvic cyst hydatid case surrounding the uterus and MRI findings in a young pregnant patient who was coincidentally determined is represented.

Isolated pulmonary hydatid cyst

“…It is important for healthcare providers to consider echinococcosis in pregnancy as serious complications may occur that endanger both the mother and the fetus, including anaphylaxis with cyst rupture, premature birth and intrauterine growth restriction 20. We postulate the pulmonary cyst in our patient was indolently present, conceivably since childhood, only to acutely present after her first pregnancy through the above mechanisms.…”