J Korean Med Sci.  1988 Sep;3(3):131-134. 10.3346/jkms.1988.3.3.131.

A case of unilocular hydatid disease imported from Saudi Arabia

• Huh S
• Hong ST
• Lee SH
• Chi JG
• Kim YI
• Choe KJ

• KMID: 1733439
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3346/jkms.1988.3.3.131

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.

Keyword

Unilocuar hydatid disease; imported case in Korea

MeSH Terms

Adult
Echinococcosis, Hepatic/epidemiology/*etiology/pathology
Humans
Korea
Male
Saudi Arabia