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They underwent a surgical operation to excise their cyst after confirmed diagnosis with blood investigations, electrocardiogram, chest X-ray, computed tomography scan, and magnetic resonance imaging (when needed). After the operation, the cyst was confirmed with histopathological examination, and patients were advised to take an Albendazole tablet.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Most patients were females from rural areas, with a mean age of 38.93 \u00b1 14.4 years. Patients presented with cysts on the skin of the anterior abdominal wall, gluteal region, mesenteric area, pericardium, tibia bone meta diaphysis, right inguinal region, right thigh, skin of the anterior neck, spleen, left suprarenal gland, right breast, and the iliopsoas muscle.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The hydatid cyst can affect any body part with no site immune and often produces nonspecific symptoms.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1515\/med-2024-1030","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,18]],"date-time":"2024-10-18T11:49:36Z","timestamp":1729252176000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["The unusual location of primary hydatid cyst: A case series study"],"prefix":"10.1515","volume":"19","author":[{"given":"Seerwan Hama Shareef","family":"Qaradaghy","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani , Sulaimaniyah , Iraq"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Diyaree Nihad","family":"Ismael","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Sulaimani Teaching Hospital, Sulaimani Directorate of Health , Sulaimaniyah , Iraq"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shorsh Hama Hussein","family":"Ameen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani , Sulaimaniyah , Iraq"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kawa Abdula","family":"Mahmood","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani , Sulaimaniyah , Iraq"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ismael Hama Amin","family":"Aghaways","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Sulaimani Teaching Hospital, Sulaimani Directorate of Health , Sulaimaniyah , Iraq"},{"name":"Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani , Sulaimaniyah , Iraq"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Fadhluddin Nasruddin","family":"Shakor","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Sulaimani , Sulaimaniyah , Iraq"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zana Othman","family":"Abdullah","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Shorsh Teaching Hospital, Sulaimani Directorate of Health , Sulaimaniyah , Iraq"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kawa M.","family":"Ibrahim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Sulaimani Teaching Hospital, Sulaimani Directorate of Health , Sulaimaniyah , Iraq"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mohammed Amin Ali","family":"Omer","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Sulaimani Teaching Hospital, Sulaimani Directorate of Health , Sulaimaniyah , Iraq"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Sangar Abdullah","family":"Mohammed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Sulaimani Teaching Hospital, Sulaimani Directorate of Health , Sulaimaniyah , Iraq"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aram Ahmed","family":"Mohammed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Sulaimani Teaching Hospital, Sulaimani Directorate of Health , Sulaimaniyah , Iraq"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Safeen Hama","family":"Rasheed","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Surgery, Sulaimani Teaching Hospital, Sulaimani Directorate of Health , Sulaimaniyah , Iraq"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"374","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,10,18]]},"reference":[{"key":"2024101812101577479_j_med-2024-1030_ref_001","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Khasawneh RA, Mohaidat ZM, Khasawneh RA, Zoghoul SB, Henawi YM. 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