Spontaneous intraperitoneal rupture of hepatic hydatid cyst: a rare cause of ascites

BMC Surgery

Case Report

Rached Letaief¹  Abdelmajid Khnissi¹  Mosaab Ghannouchi¹  Dejla Bakir²  Habib Amara²  Manel Limeme²  Sana Yahyaoui²  Houneida Zaghouani²  Chakib Kraiem² 

[1] Department of General Surgery, Farhat Hached hospital, 4000, Sousse, Tunisia;Department of Radiology, Farhat Hached hospital, 4000, Sousse, Tunisia;

关键词: Hydatid disease;    Spontaneous rupture;    Liver;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2482-14-99

 received in 2014-01-10, accepted in 2014-07-15,  发布年份 2014

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundHydatid disease is endemic in certain areas of the world and it is located mostly in the liver. Intraperitoneal rupture is rare. Rupture may result from trauma or may occur spontaneously from increased pressure of the cystic fluid. Ruptured hydatid cyst is a rare cause of ascites, but should be considered in the differential diagnosis, especially in endemic areas. The diagnosis of ruptured hydatid cyst should be prompt because it requires emergency intervention.Case presentationThe present case refers to a 62 year old Tunisian male admitted in our institution for diffuse abdominal distension. Physical examination was unremarkable except for the presence of ascites. Abdominal ultrasonography showed a large amount of fluid into the peritoneal cavity associated with many intraperitoneal cysts with a scalloping on the liver. It showed also a heterogeneous cystic lesion of the segment II of the liver. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) revealed in addition a fat infiltration and a thickening of the peritoneum. Thus intraperitoneal hydatid cyst rupture was suspected and emergency laparotomy was performed. A yellow serous fluid , containing many daughter vesicles disseminated through the peritoneal cavity was noted. A mass consistent with a hydatid cyst was noted at segment II of the liver with a tear on the inferior surface. Thus, intraperitoneal rupture of hepatic hydatid cyst was diagnosed.ConclusionThe rupture of hydatid cyst into the peritoneal cavity is rare but presents a challenge for the radiologist and the surgeon. This condition is included in the differential diagnosis of ascites in endemic areas.

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