Gynecology Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine (Apr 2011)

Primary Pelvic Involvement of Hydatid Disease

  • Migraci Tosun,
  • Yıldırım Durak,
  • Handan Çelik,
  • Devran Bıldırcın,
  • Mehmet Bilge Çetinkaya,
  • Ali Faik Yılmaz

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 17, no. 1

Abstract

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Hydatid disease is caused by larval stage of a parasite named as Echinococcus. To diagnose this condition may be challenging without surgery and postoperative pathological examination due to limited value of serological studies but imaging techniques may give a clue when hydatid disease is suspected and hydatid disease shall be considered for differential diagnosis in pelvic mass. In the present case, we present a 75-year-old postmenopausal woman with pelvic hydatosis.

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