TY - JOUR T1 - Disseminated peritoneal hydatidosis manifested as intestinal ischaemia JO - Cirugía y Cirujanos (English Edition) T2 - AU - Rosales-Castañeda,Enrique AU - Martínez-Ordaz,José Luis AU - Estrada-Castellanos,Alicia AU - Goméz-Jiménez,Luz María SN - 24440507 M3 - 10.1016/j.circen.2017.05.012 DO - 10.1016/j.circen.2017.05.012 UR - https://www.elsevier.es/en-revista-cirugia-cirujanos-english-edition--237-articulo-disseminated-peritoneal-hydatidosis-manifested-as-S2444050717300360 AB - BackgroundThe hydatid disease, or echinococcosis, is endemic in Mediterranean countries, as well as in Australia, Asia, Africa, South America, and Canada. Among its complications is intraperitoneal rupture, a rare form of presentation, with highly variable symptoms. The treatment of choice is surgery plus adjuvant medical treatment in most patients. ObjectiveA case is presented of a patient with disseminated peritoneal hydatidosis manifested as intestinal ischaemia. Clinical caseA 50-year-old male was admitted to the emergency room with a history of chronic abdominal pain that worsened in the last 24h. He showed signs of sepsis in the physical examination and was subjected to surgery, in which intestinal ischaemia was found due to a disseminated peritoneal cystic disease, which had led to mesentery retraction. An intestinal resection with an end-ileostomy was performed. The results of the biopsy of the cystic lesions was disseminated peritoneal echinococcosis. Medical treatment was started with albendazole and praziquantel. ConclusionThis case shows a rare presentation of disseminated peritoneal hydatidosis, which led to intestinal ischaemia. ER -