Journal of Acute Disease (Jan 2012)

Spontaneous rupture of hydatid cyst due to strain-defecation

  • Koray Daş,
  • Selim Sözen,
  • Abdurrahman Selçuk Uzun,
  • Ebru Menekşe,
  • Faruk Karateke,
  • Ilhan Bali

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/S2221-6189(13)60037-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 2
pp. 152 – 153

Abstract

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We report a case of strain-induced spontaneous rupture of hydatid cyst. Hydatid cyst rupture was diagnosed in a 19-year-old girl who presented with swelling and pain in the the right upper quadrant of sudden onset after straining for defecation.

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