Isolated Hydatid Cyst of the Pancreas: An Unusual Location
Published: 2020-02-10
Page: 52-55
Issue: 2019 - Volume 2 [Issue 2]
Taoufik Elabbassi *
Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco.
Issam Hamrerras
Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco.
Hasna Benghait
Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco.
Mohamed Rachid Lefriyekh
Department of General Surgery, University Hospital Center Ibn Rochd, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Hassan II University, Casablanca, Morocco.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Isolated pancreatic localization of hydatid cyst is very rare and unusual. The most probable mode of infestation is by hematological tract after passage of hepatic and pulmonary filters, but the peripancreatic lymphatic ducts and pancreatic-biliary ducts have also been reported.
Diagnosis is mainly based on imaging and treatment is mostly surgical.
An unusual observation of a primitive pancreatic hydatid cyst has been reported.
Keywords: Hydatid cyst, pancreas, surgery.