Safe surgical management of two concomitant giant hepatic hydatid cysts: a case report
Hamdah Hanifa, Wiaam Al-Refaai, Raghad Maksoud, Lana Bakir, Malak Al-Refaai, Myral Talab Agha, Malak Alenawi, Bessan Al-Refaai, Rasha Al-Halbouni, Nirmin Bachlah, Fadiah Albaroudi, Samya Zino, Mohi Alddin Mahouk, Kawther Kalaa, Mohammad Shafa’a, Samer Sara · 2026
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Hamdah Hanifa and a large surgical team report the removal of two giant hydatid cysts from a man's liver in a 2026 case report from Syria. Hydatid disease is an infection caused by the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus in its larval stage, and the liver hosts up to seventy percent of cases, silently for a decade or more. Two giant cysts at once, in a system strained by conflict, makes the case a lesson.
The thirty-two-year-old patient arrived with three days of pain, a tense abdomen, and raised white cells. Ultrasound and CT revealed the two giant cysts. At surgery they aspirated both, sterilized contents with a scolicidal solution, removed membranes, and took part of a cyst wall while preserving tissue. He left after three days, started albendazole two weeks later, a six-month course, and at follow-up was symptom-free with normal liver tests and no recurrence.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hamdah Hanifa, Wiaam Al-Refaai, Raghad Maksoud, Lana Bakir, Malak Al-Refaai, Myral Talab Agha, Malak Alenawi, Bessan Al-Refaai, Rasha Al-Halbouni, Nirmin Bachlah, Fadiah Albaroudi, Samya Zino, Mohi Alddin Mahouk, Kawther Kalaa, Mohammad Shafa’a, Samer Sara |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 19 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |