PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Nebil Bal
AU  - Nazim E. Kocer
AU  - Rabia Arpaci
AU  - Ali Ezer
AU  - Fazilet Kayaselcuk
TI  - Uncommon locations of hydatid cyst.
DP  - 2008 Jul 01
TA  - Saudi Medical Journal
PG  - 1004--1008
VI  - 29
IP  - 7
4099  - http://smj.org.sa/content/29/7/1004.short
4100  - http://smj.org.sa/content/29/7/1004.full
SO  - Saudi Med J2008 Jul 01; 29
AB  - OBJECTIVES: To document the hydatid cyst cases in the endemic Cukurova region of Turkey, by their involvement sites in the body, and discuss the clinical and morphological features of the cases with rare localization.METHODS: Archival materials of 153 hydatid cyst cases that were diagnosed in 2 different medical centers in Adana, Turkey Cukurova region between the years 2000-2006 were included in the study. Cases with rare localizations were reevaluated in terms of clinical and laboratory findings, and histopathological features. Involvement sites of the cases were documented, and cases with rare localizations are discussed.RESULTS: The liver was the most common localization with 63 cases followed by lungs with 54 cases. Uncommon locations were spleen n=4, bone n=3, intraarterial n=1, ovary n=1, adrenal n=1, heart n=1, mesenteric n=2, retroperitoneal n=2, subcutaneous tissue n=4, breast n=3, intramuscular tissue n=4.CONCLUSIONS: The diagnosis of hydatic cyst should be considered in patients with a cystic mass, who live or have lived in a geographic region that has a high risk for Echinococcus granulosus, or visited an endemic area.