Gluteal Hydatid Cyst: A Case Report

Mirsalim Seyedsadeghi; Jaffar Ghobadi; Negin Haghshenas; Afshin Habibzadeh

Gluteal Hydatid Cyst: A Case Report

Iran J Parasitol. 2019 Jul-Sep;14(3):487-491.

Authors

Mirsalim Seyedsadeghi¹, Jaffar Ghobadi², Negin Haghshenas³, Afshin Habibzadeh⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.
² Department of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.
³ Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Ardabil University of Medical Sciences, Ardabil, Iran.

PMID: 31673270
PMCID: PMC6815859

Abstract

Hydatid cyst caused by Echinococcus granulosus usually involves lung and liver but can appear in other organs. We report a 29-yr-old woman presented to Fatemi Hospital, Ardabil, Iran in 2017 with progressive painful swelling of the left gluteus which in imaging showed hydatid cyst. The cyst was successfully en blocked and the patient was discharged on albendazole treatment with no recurrence in the symptoms during the first week, first and second months after surgery follow-up and in the final visit at third months. In the endemic regions, the possibility of hydatid cysts should be considered in differential diagnosis of any cystic mass.

Keywords: Gluteal; Hydatid cyst; Iran.

Publication types

Case Reports