Hepatic hydatid cyst rupturing into sub-diaphragmatic space and pericardial cavity.

Hepatic hydatid cyst rupturing into sub-diaphragmatic space and pericardial cavity.

A ten-year-old male child presented with a large hepatic hydatid cyst which ruptured into the sub-diaphragmatic space and pericardial cavity, giving rise to a pericardial effusion. This communication between the hydatid cyst and the pericardium was documented on computerised tomographic scan of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ahuja S, Karande S, Koteyar S, Kulkarni M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2001-01-01
Series:Journal of Postgraduate Medicine
Subjects:
Albendazole
therapeutic use
Anticestodal Agents
Case Report
Cetrimonium Compounds
Child
Diagnosis
Differential
Echinococcosis
Hepatic
diagnosis
drug therapy
radiography
Human
Male
Pericardial Effusion
parasitology
Pericarditis
Pleural Effusion
Rupture
Spontaneous
Tomography
X-Ray Computed
Treatment Outcome
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