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Left hepatectomy for hepatic hydatid cyst with intra-biliary rupture: Better to be radical

Publication Type : Journal Article

Publisher : Elsevier BV

Source : Medical Journal Armed Forces India

Url : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mjafi.2022.01.012

Keywords : Echinococcus, Rupture, Bile ducts, Hydatid cyst, Hepatectomy

Campus : Faridabad

School : School of Medicine

Year : 2023

Abstract : Echinococcal liver cysts are predominantly located in the right lobe of the liver and are mostly asymptomatic. A frank intra-biliary rupture (IBR) of hydatid cyst is uncommon, having variable clinical presentation and treatment options. We present a case of a 60-year-old male patient who presented with pain in the upper abdomen associated with vomiting but without jaundice. On investigations, he was diagnosed to have a left lobe hepatic hydatid cyst (HHC) with IBR for which left hepatectomy with bile duct exploration was performed. It highlights the benign nature of the disease for which seldom major hepatectomies have to be performed.

Cite this Research Publication : Raghav Nayar, Vaibhav Kumar Varshney, Sabir Hussain, Taruna Yadav, Ashok Puranik, Left hepatectomy for hepatic hydatid cyst with intra-biliary rupture: Better to be radical, Medical Journal Armed Forces India, Elsevier BV, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mjafi.2022.01.012

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