Isolated primary subcutaneous hydatid in right hypochondrium region: Case report

Highlights • The occurrence of the subcutaneous hydatid cysts is 2% and most of these subcutaneous localizations are secondary to other organ localizations such as liver or lung.• Hydatid cyst occurs everywhere in the body except hair, nail and teeth.• Hydatid cystic disease has a nonspecific clinical course and symptoms depend on its localization and size.• These lesions may remain asymptomatic for a long period. They don’t have any specific symptoms and signs are related to size, location or complications of the cyst, why it leave common site and loges in unusual site was unexplained.

• Publication year

  2018

• Venue

  International journal of surgery case reports

• Publication date

  2018-06-30

• Fields of study

  Medicine

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1016/j.ijscr.2018.06.002PMID 30005367PMCID 6043870
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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