Echinococcosis Presenting as a Supraclavicular Mass

The case of a female with disseminated pelvic cystic hydatidosis presenting as ovarian carcinomatosis 2.5 years after repeated abdominal paracentesis is reported. The diagnosis was made during surgery and confirmed by serology and histological examination. Over 100 cysts were removed from the abdominal cavity and wall. Innumerable small cysts studded the viscera; these and larger inaccessible ones were untouched. Medical cure in this patient was achieved with a combination of partial resection and special irrigation, broad spectrum antibiotic for coverage of infectious episodes and high dose long term mebendazole therapy for 25 months. The danger of blind aspiration in patients coming from endemic areas is emphasized.

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Disseminated pelvic hydatidosis presenting as ovarian carcinomatosis: Successful post‐operative treatment with mebendazole

Mousa

Mehrez

Muhtaseb

et al. 1987

Intl J Gynecology & Obste

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Surgical aspects of parasitic disease in childhood

Nagar¹

1987

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

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Diagnostic Imaging in Parasitic Infections

Palmer

1985

Pediatric Clinics of North America

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Echinococcosis Presenting as a Supraclavicular Mass

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Disseminated pelvic hydatidosis presenting as ovarian carcinomatosis: Successful post‐operative treatment with mebendazole

Disseminated pelvic hydatidosis presenting as ovarian carcinomatosis: Successful post‐operative treatment with mebendazole

Surgical aspects of parasitic disease in childhood

Diagnostic Imaging in Parasitic Infections

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