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Int J Surg
; 6(6): e18-9, 2008 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-19059126
ABSTRACT
We present a patient with slow rupture of hydatid cyst into the peritoneal cavity, presenting as massive abdominal distension and respiratory embarrassment. On paracentesis, no fluid could be drained. A small lateral incision was made under local anaesthesia to drain the 'ascites', but daughter cysts typical of hydatid came out. On laparotomy, there was a cyst in the right lobe of liver which had ruptured into the peritoneal cavity leading to secondary echinococcosis.