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. 2023 Sep 22:56:e03632023.
doi: 10.1590/0037-8682-0363-2023. eCollection 2023.

Spontaneous rupture of muscular hydatid cyst

Recep Tekin  1 , Emin Özkul  2 , Rojbin Ceylan Tekin  3
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Spontaneous rupture of muscular hydatid cyst

Recep Tekin et al. Rev Soc Bras Med Trop. .
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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

Figures

FIGURE 1:
FIGURE 1:. a-b, MRI of the patient’s right thigh revealed T1-weighted hypointense and T2-weighted fat-suppressed series hyperintense lesions in the semimembranosus muscle (arrow). c-d, MRI thigh shows rupture of a muscular hydatid cyst with a “water lily sign” produced by detachment of the germinal membrane of the endocyst (arrow).
FIGURE 2:
FIGURE 2:. Image from an intraoperative procedure.
FIGURE 3:
FIGURE 3:. Depiction of the cyst wall, including the inner germinal layer and laminated membrane (H&E stain; x40 magnification). H&E: Hematoxylin and Eosin.
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