ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK IN A FEMALE-PATIENT DUE TO A SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE OF A HEPATIC HYDATID CYST - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
HORZIC M BUNOZA D MARIC K
Citation
M. Horzic et al., ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK IN A FEMALE-PATIENT DUE TO A SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE OF A HEPATIC HYDATID CYST - A CASE-REPORT, Hepato-gastroenterology, 43(12), 1996, pp. 1601-1602
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Journal title
Hepato-gastroenterology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01726390
Volume
43
Issue
12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1601 - 1602
Database
ISI
SICI code
0172-6390(1996)43:12<1601:ASIAFD>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A 27-year-old female patient, a refugee from Bosnia and Herzegovina, w as admitted to our hospital in a state of shock. She developed an anap hylactic reaction. The US and CT of abdomen revealed a spontaneous rup ture of a hepatic hydatid cyst. An emergency operative procedure was p erformed and in the postoperative period she was treated conservativel y with albendazol during the next two months. There was no reccurrence of the disease.