Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Primary hydatid cyst of the gallbladder: a case report | Krasniqi et al. Journal of Medical Case Reports 2010 4 29 http content 4 1 29 jAc JOURNALOF medical ÌỤr case REPORTS CASE REPORT Open Access Primary hydatid cyst of the gallbladder a case report Avdyl Krasniqi1 Dalip Limani1 Lumturije Gashi-Luci2 Gazmend Spahija3 Ismail A Dreshaj4 Abstract Introduction Echinococcosis or hydatid disease is endemic in some regions of the world and has been a common pathology of surgical wards in Kosovo. Primary hydatid cyst of the gallbladder is an unusual and very rare localization of hydatid disease. So far only five cases that fulfill the criteria of primary gallbladder hydatidosis have been published in the English medical literature. Case presentation We report a case of a 39-year-old Kosovan Albanian woman referred to the Abdominal Surgery Division of the University Clinical Center of Kosovo for a calcified hydatid cyst of the liver with gallbladder involvement . Her history was significant for chronic right upper quadrant pain characterized as intermittently colicky pain accompanied by nausea. The patient underwent right subcostal laparotomy. Intra-operatively a calcified primary hydatid cyst of the gallbladder was found. Its pericyst was tightly attached to the liver. Complete pericystectomy with cholecystectomy followed. The histopathology confirmed the presence of calcified hydatid cyst of the gallbladder and that the cyst had developed entirely extra-mucosally. Five year follow-up showed no recurrence of disease. Conclusion Primary hydatid cyst of the gallbladder is a very rare clinical entity. Accurate preoperative diagnostic localization is not always easy particularly in centers with limited diagnostic tools. Introduction Hydatid disease is a zoonotic infection caused by larval stages of dog tapeworms belonging to the genus Echinococcus family taeniidae and is also referred to as echinococcosis 1 . Three broad morphological forms of echinococcosis are recognized clinically. Human cystic .
