Primary Giant Splenic Echinococcal Cyst Treated by Laparoscopy

Arce, Maira A.; García Lescano, Héctor Hugo; Valcarcel, Maria; Limaylla, Himeron; Santivanez, Saul J.

dc.contributor.author	Arce, Maira A.
dc.contributor.author	Limaylla, Himeron
dc.contributor.author	Valcarcel, Maria
dc.contributor.author	García Lescano, Héctor Hugo
dc.contributor.author	Santivanez, Saul J.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-02-06T14:57:37Z
dc.date.available	2019-02-06T14:57:37Z
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/5462
dc.description.abstract	Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonosis caused by the larval stage of the dog tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus. Liver and lungs are the most commonly affected organs whereas splenic infection is rarer and its primary involvement occurs in less than 2% of abdominal CE. We report a case of primary giant splenic hydatid cyst in a 75-year-old Peruvian woman that was laparoscopically removed without any complications, perioperative prophylactic chemotherapy with albendazole 400 mg twice a day 5 days before, and 7 days after the surgical procedure was administered, postoperative recovery was uneventful, and; at her 3-month follow-up the patient remains asymptomatic and an abdominal computed tomography scan demonstrated a cystic cavity of 15 cm diameter with no daughter vesicles, neither other abdominal organ involvement. This case is in line with the existing literature on laparoscopical treatment of splenic cystic hydatid disease, suggesting that laparoscopical treatment is a safe and effective approach for large splenic hydatid cysts to be preferred to open surgical techniques.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
dc.relation.ispartofseries	American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH Journal)
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.subject	Female	en_US
dc.subject	Humans	en_US
dc.subject	Aged	en_US
dc.subject	Anthelmintics/therapeutic use	en_US
dc.subject	Albendazole/therapeutic use	en_US
dc.subject	Cysts/parasitology	en_US
dc.subject	Echinococcosis/pathology/surgery	en_US
dc.subject	Splenic Diseases/parasitology/surgery	en_US
dc.title	Primary Giant Splenic Echinococcal Cyst Treated by Laparoscopy	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.13-0505
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.06
dc.relation.issn	1476-1645