Primary Hydatid Disease in a Retroplaced Gallbladder

Authors

  • Michael S. Pitiakoudis 2nd Department of Surgery, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
  • Alexandra K. Tsaroucha 2nd Department of Surgery, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
  • Sauras Deftereos Department of Radiology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
  • Prodromos Laftsidis 2nd Department of Surgery, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
  • Panos Prassopoulos Department of Radiology, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece
  • Constantinos E. Simopoulos 2nd Department of Surgery, Medical School, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece

Keywords:

Gallbladder, hydatid cyst, MRI

Abstract

A 60-year-old man with abdominal distension, fever, vomiting and pain on the right upper quadrant of the abdomen was admitted to our hospital. US revealed a well circumscribed lesion of mixed echogenicity. CT revealed hypoplasia of the right liver lobe, and a cystic mass with solid components replacing a retroplaced gallbladder. On T1-weighted MR images the lesion had low signal intensity and presented mild peripheral post-contrast enhancement, while on T2-weighted images the periphery was of moderately high signal intensity and the centre of fluid-like, high signal intensity. Adjacent liver parenchyma had relatively high signal intensity on T2-weighted images. The patient underwent exploratory laparotomy, and a hydatid cyst of the gallbladder that was inflamed was evidenced.

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Published

2006-12-01

How to Cite

1.
Pitiakoudis MS, Tsaroucha AK, Deftereos S, Laftsidis P, Prassopoulos P, Simopoulos CE. Primary Hydatid Disease in a Retroplaced Gallbladder. JGLD [Internet]. 2006 Dec. 1 [cited 2026 Oct. 14];15(4):383-5. Available from: https://jgld.ro/jgld/index.php/jgld/article/view/2006.4.9

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 4: December 2006

Section

Case Reports