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- Title
A primary ovarian hydatid cyst.
- Authors
UCHIKOVA, Ekaterina; PEHLIVANOV, Blagovest; UCHIKOV, Angel; SHIPKOV, Christo; PORIAZOVA, Elena
- Abstract
The article presents a case report of a 64-year-old Bulgarian woman who suffered a chronic pelvic pain and abdominal discomfort. The patient's transvaginal ultrasound examination found a well-defined large multilocular cyst located in the right adnexal region and measured 9.5 x 7 centimeter. Histopathological examination of the cyst revealed that it was a hydatid cyst. The article then provides a discussion about hydatid diseases which is common in female endemic regions.
- Subjects
CASE studies; TUMORS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; CYSTS (Pathology); PELVIC pain; ABDOMINAL abnormalities; DISEASES in women
- Publication
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, 2009, Vol 49, Issue 4, p441
- ISSN
0004-8666
- Publication type
Letter
- DOI
10.1111/j.1479-828X.2009.01015.x