Affiliation:
1. Department of Surgery, Pahlavi Medical Centre, University of Teheran, Iran
Abstract
Abstract
A case of an unusually large hydatid cyst of the spleen measuring 53 cm. in diameter and containing 21 litres of fluid and scolices is reported in a 40-years-old farmer. He had a brief history of nausea, intermittent vomiting, and shortness of breath.
Surgical removal of the spleen with the cyst was followed by complete recovery.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
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