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Primary hydatid cyst of the small intestine masquerading as intestinalhydatid cyst

• Authors Details :  
• Sameh Tlili,  
• Youssef Hellal,  
• Rabia Ben Abdallah,  
• Aida Daib,  
• Malek Boughdir,  
• Fatma Trabelsi,  
• Shanaz Abid,  
• Khaoula Ben Hassine,  
• Wafa Koubaa,  
• Youssef Gharbi,  
• Nejib Kaabar

Journal title : Pan African Medical Journal

Publisher : Pan African Medical Journal

Online ISSN : 1937-8688

Journal volume : 36

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Hydatid disease or hydatidosis is a worldwide zoonosis disease caused by the tapeworm of Echinococcus granulosus and still widely endemic in Tunisia especially in rural areas where the sheep-dog cycle is dominant. It is an important public health problem in the pediatric age group causing significant morbidity and mortality. We report a case of primary hydatid cyst of the small intestine in a child and we want to highlight the difficulty that we meet in the diagnosis despite the contribution of imaging.

Article DOI & Crossmark Data

DOI : https://doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.36.83.22815

Article Subject Details

• Pediatric surgery

Article Keywords Details

• children
• Echinococcus granulosus
• small intestine
• Surgery
• Hydatid cyst

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