[Hydatid cyst of the pancreas. Report of a case]

A 49 years old woman was admitted to the hospital for abdominal pain with vomiting. At the examination, there was a deep and hard epigastric mass. The diagnosis of pancreatic cyst was established by ultrasonography and CT Scan. The hydatid cyst was recognized before surgery on the basis of the epidemiological data and the existence of calcified shell. The treatment consisted in the resection of the protruding dome with epiplooplasty. The postoperative evolution was simple. From this observation and reported data, complications and treatment of this uncommon localization were discussed.