Open AccessDisseminated hydatidosis with rare presentation as “cystovesical fistula”
Author(s) -
Rashmeet Kaur,
Simmi Garg,
Nirmaljit Kaur,
Paramdeep Singh
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
bjr case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2055-7159
DOI - 10.1259/bjrcr.20150222
Subject(s) - presentation (obstetrics) , echinococcus , hydatid cyst , medicine , rare disease , echinococcosis , fistula , case presentation , disease , surgery , pathology , cyst
Disseminated hydatidosis is a rare disease and may involve any organ of the human body. In this case, an elderly female got infected by Echinococcus and presented with disseminated disease. A fistulous communication developed between one of the hydatid cysts present in the retrovesical region and the bladder, because of which the patient presented with hydatiduria.