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Tarun C Mulpuri1, Yadavalli Rd Rajan1, Joshua Sajja2
1General Surgery, Siddhartha Medical College, Vijayawada, IND.
Abstract:
Hydatid disease is endemic mainly in Asia and other sheep-raising areas. In India, hydatid disease has been a very common disease because of its close association with livestock rearing. Hydatid disease is a parasitic infestation caused by Echinococcus granulosus. The usual location of infestation is in the liver sinusoids, lungs, and spleen. Hydatid disease in humans is rare, and a hydatid cyst of the spleen without involving the liver is very rare. The rarity of splenic hydatid disease may pose a diagnostic challenge for clinicians, especially in non-endemic areas. The diagnosis of hydatid disease is based on the epidemiological background of patients, clinical grounds, or noninvasive screening procedures. With this background, we aimed to study the presenting symptomatology and various clinical manifestations of isolated spleen hydatid disease and analyze the morbidity and mortality of hydatid disease. Different surgical modalities and their complications were studied. Three patients operated on for splenic hydatid at our institute were studied retrospectively.
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