PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Bal G. Sharma AU - Krishn K. Gupta TI - Spontaneous intraperitoneal expulsion of an unruptured hydatid cyst DP - 2000 Jan 01 TA - Saudi Medical Journal PG - 99--102 VI - 21 IP - 1 4099 - http://smj.org.sa/content/21/1/99.short 4100 - http://smj.org.sa/content/21/1/99.full SO - Saudi Med J2000 Jan 01; 21 AB - We report a 43-year-old man with a 20 x 20 cm hydatid cyst, spontaneously extruded out from the left lobe of the liver. This complication of hydatid cyst has not been recorded earlier, and makes the case unique in itself and worth reporting. The patient presented with a rare complication of biliary peritonitis of hydatid disease.