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<article xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" dtd-version="1.0" article-type="healthcare" lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">IJCRR</journal-id><journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">I Journ Cur Res Re</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Journal of Current Research and Review</journal-title><abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="pubmed">I Journ Cur Res Re</abbrev-journal-title></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">2231-2196</issn><issn pub-type="opub">0975-5241</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Radiance Research Academy</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">3728</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi"/><article-id pub-id-type="doi-url"> http://dx.doi.org/10.31782/IJCRR.2021.131023</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Healthcare</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>Three-year Study of Hydatid Cyst at Unusual Sites in a Tertiary Care Centre&#13;
</article-title></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Akhter</surname><given-names>Rukhsana</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Mateen</surname><given-names>Duri</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Bashir</surname><given-names>Naheena</given-names></name></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Aiman</surname><given-names>Aiffa</given-names></name></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="ppub"><day>19</day><month>05</month><year>2021</year></pub-date><volume>0)</volume><issue/><fpage>62</fpage><lpage>67</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>This article is copyright of Popeye Publishing, 2009</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2009</copyright-year><license license-type="open-access" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><license-p>This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) Licence. You may share and adapt the material, but must give appropriate credit to the source, provide a link to the licence, and indicate if changes were made.</license-p></license></permissions><abstract><p>Introduction: Hydatidosis is a zoonotic infection due to the larval stage of the tapeworm echinococcus. In adults, the liver represents the prevalent site and the lungs are the second commonest site. Although these are common sites, they can occur at any site including the spleen, pancreas, peritoneum, retroperitoneum, central nervous system, soft tissues and breast. Objective: To present the histopathological spectrum of hydatid cyst at unusual sites in our hospital over three years Methods: The present retrospective study was conducted in the Department of Pathology, SKIMS during a period of 3 years from July 2016 to June 2019 Results: A total no. of 12 cases that were diagnosed as Hydatid Cyst at unusual sites on HPE during the study period were included. The male and female ratio of incidence found to be 1:1.4. Maximum no of cases i.e. 3 occurred in the brain, 2 in the spleen, 2 in thigh, 1 each in breast, omentum, kidney, sacral ala, omentum and mediastinum. Conclusion: The hydatid cyst can present in any part of the body and no site is immune. These unusual locations often produce nonspecific symptoms. Hydatid cystic disease should always be suspected in all cystic lesions of radio imaging investigations particularly in endemic areas to prevent life-threatening complications and avoid unnecessary radical surgeries.&#13;
</p></abstract><kwd-group><kwd>Hydatid cyst</kwd><kwd> Zoonotic infection</kwd><kwd> Hydatidosis</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front></article>
