Case Report
Pancreatic Hydatid Cyst Causing Acute Pancreatitis: A Case Report and Literature Review
Table 1
Summarized results of the recent review of hydatid acute pancreatitis cases.
| | Characteristic | Case number (%) |
| | Age (years) | | | Median (30.2) | 14 (100) | | Range (18–51) | | | Sex | | | Female | 3 (21.4) | | Male | 10 (71.4) | | Location | | | Solitarily in the pancreas | 11 (78.5) | | Liver | 1 (7.1) | | Kidney | 1 (7.1) | | Liver and left kidney | 1 (7.1) | | Location in the pancreas | | | Head | 4 (28.5) | | Body | 1 (7.1) | | Tail | 4 (28.5) | | Body + tail | 3 (21.4) | | Size (cm) | | | Median (7.5) | 7 (50) | | Range (3.5–17) | | | Lab investigations | | | Total bilirubin (mg/l) | | | Median (3.04) | 3 (21.4) | | Range (0.4–5.9) | | | Direct bilirubin (mg/l) | | | Median (1.34) | 2 (14.2) | | Range (0.3–3) | | | Positive hydatid serology (ELISA) | 4 (28.5) | | White blood cells (WBCs)/mm3 | | | Median (17,943) | 7 (50) | | Range (11,800–24,500) | | | Amylase (U/L) | | | Median (1718) | 8 (57.1) | | Range (400–4985) | | | Final diagnosis | | | Preoperative | 4 (28.5) | | Intraoperative | 4 (28.5) |
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