Systemic embolism due to liver hydatic cyst: Case report

PEHLIVAN S., AKÇAN R., LALE A., UNAL B. M., YONDEM M., PEHLIVAN A.

ROMANIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL MEDICINE, vol.23, no.2, pp.87-90, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 23 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2015
  • Doi Number: 10.4323/rjlm.2015.87
  • Journal Name: ROMANIAN JOURNAL OF LEGAL MEDICINE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.87-90
  • Hacettepe University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Nonthrombotic pulmonary embolisms are rare unlike pulmonary thromboembolisms. Hydatid cyst related complications such as anaphylactic shock, infection, and embolism might cause sudden deaths. Hydatid pulmonary embolism is a rare entity usually caused by rupture of a cardiac or a hepatic hydatid cyst. On the other hand, venous and arterial embolisms due to cyst hydatid are extremely rare. Here, we report a case of systemic hydatid embolism secondary to rupture of a hydatid cyst.