A Giant Splenic Hydatid Cyst: Why Calcified Cysts Should Not Be Considered As a Dead Cyst

Overview

Journal Clin Case Rep

Date 2021 Jan 25

PMID 33489171

Citations 3

Authors

Shahriar Hashemzadeh

Aysa Rezabakhsh

Reza Rahbarghazi

Hassan Amini

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Abstract

Our case report showed that peripheral wall calcification of the hydatid cyst does not mean inactivation of the cyst and calcification of cyst wall may occur in all stages of disease.

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