Abstract
We report for the first time in the recent North American literature, the case of a patient with rupture of a hepatic hydatid cyst into the gallbladder, with subsequent obstruction of the cystic duct by a daughter cyst acting as a ball-valve and causing acute acalculous cholecystitis.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Acute Disease
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Cholangitis / parasitology*
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Cholecystitis / parasitology*
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Cholestasis, Extrahepatic / parasitology
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Cystic Duct
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Echinococcosis, Hepatic / complications*
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Echinococcosis, Hepatic / diagnosis
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Echinococcosis, Hepatic / epidemiology
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Humans
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Male
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Middle Aged
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Morocco / ethnology
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Quebec / epidemiology
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Rupture, Spontaneous