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. 2022 Feb 15:27:e01453.
doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2022.e01453. eCollection 2022.

A giant primary peritoneal echinococcosis: A rare form of a common disease

Ghassen Hamdi Kbir  1 , Sohaib Messaoudi  1 , Eya Ben Nejma  1 , Mohamed Maatouk  1 , Mounir Ben Moussa  1
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A giant primary peritoneal echinococcosis: A rare form of a common disease

Ghassen Hamdi Kbir et al. IDCases. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Echinococcosis; Peritoneum; Surgery.

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Fig. 1
Abdominal CT scan showing that the entire peritoneal cavity was distended and occupied by multiloculated non calcified content of mixed attenuations.
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Fig. 2
Operative view of the cyst.
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Fig. 3
Operative view of the open cyst.
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