Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Subcutaneous hydatid cysts occurring in the palm and the thigh: two case reports | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Subcutaneous hydatid cysts occurring in the palm and the thigh two case reports Abuzer Dirican Bulent Unal Cuneyt Kayaalp and Vedat Kirimlioglu Address Department of General Surgery Medical Faculty of Inonu University Malatya Turkey Email Abuzer Dirican - adirican@ Bulent Unal - bunal@ Cuneyt Kayaalp - ckayaalp@ Vedat Kirimlioglu - vkirimlioglu@ Corresponding author Published 13 August 2008 Received 9 January 2008 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 273 doi 1752-1947-2-273 Accepted 13 August 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 273 2008 Dirican et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract_ Introduction Hydatid cyst disease is common in some regions of the world and is usually located in the liver and lungs. This report presents two cases of primary hydatid cysts located subcutaneously one in the medial thigh and one in the left palm between the index and middle fingers. Case presentations A 64-year-old male farmer visited our hospital because a swelling on the right medial thigh had grown during the last year. Superficial ultrasound and computed tomography revealed a lesion resembling a hydatid cyst. A germinative membrane was encountered during surgical excision. Pathological examination was compatible with a hydatid cyst. The second case involved a 67-year-old male farmer who complained of a swelling that had grown in his left palm in the last year. The preliminary diagnosis was a lipoma. However a hydatid cyst was diagnosed during surgical excision and
