{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,12]],"date-time":"2026-09-12T05:45:33Z","timestamp":1789191933047,"version":"build-2803163510"},"reference-count":34,"publisher":"American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene","issue":"1","content-domain":{"domain":[],"crossmark-restriction":false},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2016,1,6]]},"abstract":"<jats:p>Cystic echinococcosis (CE) is a zoonosis caused by the larval stage of the dog tapeworm <jats:italic>Echinococcus granulosus<\/jats:italic>. Liver and lungs are the most commonly affected organs whereas splenic infection is rarer and its primary involvement occurs in less than 2% of abdominal CE. We report a case of primary giant splenic hydatid cyst in a 75-year-old Peruvian woman that was laparoscopically removed without any complications, perioperative prophylactic chemotherapy with albendazole 400 mg twice a day 5 days before, and 7 days after the surgical procedure was administered, postoperative recovery was uneventful, and; at her 3-month follow-up the patient remains asymptomatic and an abdominal computed tomography scan demonstrated a cystic cavity of 15 cm diameter with no daughter vesicles, neither other abdominal organ involvement. This case is in line with the existing literature on laparoscopical treatment of splenic cystic hydatid disease, suggesting that laparoscopical treatment is a safe and effective approach for large splenic hydatid cysts to be preferred to open surgical techniques.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.4269\/ajtmh.13-0505","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2015,11,11]],"date-time":"2015-11-11T01:28:10Z","timestamp":1447205290000},"page":"161-165","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Primary Giant Splenic Echinococcal Cyst Treated by Laparoscopy"],"prefix":"10.4269","volume":"94","author":[{"given":"Maira A.","family":"Arce","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Himer\u00f3n","family":"Limaylla","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Maria","family":"Valcarcel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hector H.","family":"Garcia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Saul J.","family":"Santiva\u00f1ez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"2795","reference":[{"key":"ref1","series-title":"Lancet","first-page":"1295","article-title":"Echinococcosis","volume":"362","author":"McManus","year":"2003"},{"key":"ref2","series-title":"World J Gastroenterol","first-page":"1425","article-title":"Worldwide epidemiology of liver hydatidosis including the Mediterranean area","volume":"18","author":"Grosso","year":"2012"},{"key":"ref3","series-title":"Adv Parasitol","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"267","DOI":"10.1016\/S0065-308X(10)72010-8","article-title":"Echinococcosis with particular reference to Southeast Asia","volume":"72","author":"McManus","year":"2010"},{"key":"ref4","series-title":"Parasitol Res","first-page":"242","article-title":"Screening for cystic echinococcosis in an endemic region of Peru using portable ultrasonography and the enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot (EITB) assay","volume":"96","author":"Moro","year":"2005"},{"key":"ref5","series-title":"Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg","first-page":"611","article-title":"Field diagnosis of Echinococcus granulosus infection among intermediate and definitive hosts in an endemic focus of human cystic echinococcosis","volume":"93","author":"Moro","year":"1999"},{"key":"ref6","series-title":"Emerg Infect Dis","first-page":"260","article-title":"Diagnosis of cystic echinococcosis, central Peruvian Highlands","volume":"14","author":"Gavidia","year":"2008"},{"key":"ref7","series-title":"Semin Ultrasound CT MR","first-page":"28","article-title":"Hydatid disease of the spleen","volume":"28","author":"Akhan","year":"2007"},{"key":"ref8","series-title":"Indian J Gastroenterol","first-page":"175","article-title":"Primary splenic hydatidosis","volume":"30","author":"Malik","year":"2011"},{"key":"ref9","series-title":"World J Surg","first-page":"374","article-title":"Surgical treatment for splenic hydatidosis","volume":"21","author":"Safioleas","year":"1997"},{"key":"ref10","series-title":"Surg Today","first-page":"224","article-title":"Surgical management of splenic hydatidosis","volume":"32","author":"Dar","year":"2002"},{"key":"ref11","series-title":"J Gastrointest Surg","first-page":"1189","article-title":"Selecting a surgical modality to treat a splenic hydatid cyst: total splenectomy or spleen-saving surgery?","volume":"16","author":"Arikanoglu","year":"2012"},{"key":"ref12","series-title":"Chirurgia (Bucur)","first-page":"103","article-title":"Laparoscopic hand-assisted splenectomy for hydatid cyst","volume":"103","author":"Diaconescu","year":"2008"},{"key":"ref13","series-title":"Rom J Gastroenterol","first-page":"43","article-title":"Hydatid disease cured by minimally invasive therapy","volume":"13","author":"Georgescu","year":"2004"},{"key":"ref14","series-title":"Postgrad Med J","first-page":"195","article-title":"Laparoscopic excision of splenic hydatid cyst","volume":"77","author":"Gharaibeh","year":"2001"},{"key":"ref15","series-title":"J Clin Microbiol","first-page":"1557","article-title":"Enzyme-linked immunoelectrotransfer blot test for diagnosis of human hydatid disease","volume":"30","author":"Verastegui","year":"1992"},{"key":"ref16","series-title":"Trop Doct","first-page":"233","article-title":"Unusual sites of hydatid cysts in India","volume":"35","author":"Khanna","year":"2005"},{"key":"ref17","series-title":"Ann Trop Med Parasitol","first-page":"679","article-title":"Human cystic echinococcosis: contributions to the natural history of the disease","volume":"95","author":"Larrieu","year":"2001"},{"key":"ref18","series-title":"World J Gastroenterol","first-page":"1448","article-title":"Hepatic echinococcosis: clinical and therapeutic aspects","volume":"18","author":"Nunnari","year":"2012"},{"key":"ref19","series-title":"Anesth Analg","first-page":"887","article-title":"Supine hypotensive syndrome caused by intra-abdominal mass: a case report","volume":"55","author":"Kim","year":"1976"},{"key":"ref20","series-title":"PLoS Negl Trop Dis","first-page":"e1462","article-title":"Human and canine echinococcosis infection in informal, unlicensed abattoirs in Lima, Peru","volume":"6","author":"Reyes","year":"2012"},{"key":"ref21","series-title":"J Pediatr Surg","first-page":"e1","article-title":"Laparoscopic cystectomy for splenic hydatid cyst: a case report","volume":"46","author":"Akkoyun","year":"2011"},{"key":"ref22","series-title":"Surg Endosc","first-page":"942","article-title":"Hand-assisted laparoscopic splenectomy for hydatid cyst","volume":"11","author":"Ballaux","year":"1997"},{"key":"ref23","series-title":"Rev Mex Cir Endoscop","first-page":"16","article-title":"Hidatidosis espl\u00e9nica: cirug\u00eda abierta versus laparosc\u00f3pica","volume":"8","author":"Fuerte Ruiz","year":"2007"},{"key":"ref24","series-title":"Afr J Paediatr Surg","first-page":"40","article-title":"Minimal access surgery for multiorgan hydatid cysts","volume":"7","author":"Mishra","year":"2010"},{"key":"ref25","series-title":"Surg Laparosc Endosc Percutan Tech","first-page":"e215","article-title":"Laparoscopic treatment of hydatid cyst of the spleen without splenectomy: report of a case","volume":"19","author":"Polat","year":"2009"},{"key":"ref26","series-title":"West Indian Med J","first-page":"374","article-title":"Primary splenic hydatid cyst in a young boy\u2013an uncommon entity","volume":"60","author":"Singal","year":"2011"},{"key":"ref27","series-title":"Korean J Parasitol","first-page":"147","article-title":"Two cases of primary splenic hydatid cyst in Greece","volume":"50","author":"Vezakis","year":"2012"},{"key":"ref28","series-title":"Acta Trop","first-page":"253","article-title":"International classification of ultrasound images in cystic echinococcosis for application in clinical and field epidemiological settings","volume":"85","author":"WHO Informal Working Group","year":"2003"},{"key":"ref29","series-title":"Clin Vaccine Immunol","first-page":"944","article-title":"Serological diagnosis of lung cystic hydatid disease using the synthetic p176 peptide","volume":"19","author":"Santivanez","year":"2012"},{"key":"ref30","series-title":"Am J Trop Med Hyg","first-page":"84","article-title":"Absence of brain involvement and factors related to positive serology in a prospective series of 61 cases with pulmonary hydatid disease","volume":"79","author":"Santivanez","year":"2008"},{"key":"ref31","series-title":"J Pediatr Surg","first-page":"1264","article-title":"Surgery in children with hydatid disease of the spleen","volume":"41","author":"Kalinova","year":"2006"},{"key":"ref32","series-title":"Dig Surg","first-page":"527","article-title":"Splenectomy versus spleen-preserving surgery for splenic echinococcosis","volume":"20","author":"Atmatzidis","year":"2003"},{"key":"ref33","series-title":"Dig Dis Sci","first-page":"2037","article-title":"A new therapeutic approach for treatment of hydatid cysts of the spleen","volume":"47","author":"Ormeci","year":"2002"},{"key":"ref34","series-title":"Bosn J Basic Med Sci","first-page":"74","article-title":"Modified pair technique for treatment of hydatid cysts in the spleen","volume":"5","author":"Zerem","year":"2005"}],"container-title":["The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene"],"original-title":[],"link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ajtmh.org\/view\/journals\/tpmd\/94\/1\/article-p161.xml","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ajtmh.org\/downloadpdf\/journals\/tpmd\/94\/1\/article-p161.xml","content-type":"text\/html","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"syndication"},{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ajtmh.org\/downloadpdf\/journals\/tpmd\/94\/1\/article-p161.xml","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2024,8,7]],"date-time":"2024-08-07T22:18:19Z","timestamp":1723069099000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ajtmh.org\/view\/journals\/tpmd\/94\/1\/article-p161.xml"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2016,1,6]]},"references-count":34,"journal-issue":{"issue":"1"},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4269\/ajtmh.13-0505","relation":{},"ISSN":["0002-9637","1476-1645"],"issn-type":[{"value":"0002-9637","type":"print"},{"value":"1476-1645","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2016,1,6]]}}}