A case of unilocular hydatid disease imported from Saudi Arabia.
10.3346/jkms.1988.3.3.131
- Author:
Sun HUH
1
;
Sung Tae HONG
;
Soon Hyung LEE
;
Je G CHI
;
Yong Il KIM
;
Kuk Jin CHOE
Author Information
1. Department of Parasitology, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Reports ; Review
- Keywords:
Unilocuar hydatid disease;
imported case in Korea
- MeSH:
Adult;
Echinococcosis, Hepatic/epidemiology/*etiology/pathology;
Humans;
Korea;
Male;
Saudi Arabia
- From:Journal of Korean Medical Science
1988;3(3):131-134
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 39-year-old Korean man with general malaise was found to have two hepatic cysts by computed tomography. He had the history of close contact with domesticated wild dog in Saudi Arabia in 1976. Two cysts, 15cm and 10cm in diameter which contained clear fluid, were excised from both lobes of the liver. He was pathologically diagnosed as unilocular hydatid disease. This case is regarded as an imported case from Saudi Arabia.
