Makale Arama

Patients with hydatid cysts generally show an asymptomatic progress until they are randomly diagnosed or until they develop a complication.A The 80-year-old patient, who was being followed-up in the ICU of the neurology department because of hypoxic brain, was evaluated for a swelling in the epigastric area which was existent for a while. The patient’s physical examination revealed an exophytic mass lesion of about 5x6 cm on the epigastric area. During the surgery it was seen that the patient had an infected hydatid cyst originating from the left lobe of liver with percutaneous fistulization.The patient was discharged on post-op day 7 without any problems with 20 mg/ kg albendazole treatment. Consequently, it should be noted that hepatic hydatid cysts could give way to very rare complications like skin involvement and percutaneous fistulization even if they are on advanced stages.

Purpose: In the case of the skeletal muscie metastasis of lung cancer the authors report radiographic, CT scan and MRI findings of painful masses in the femoral regions. Muscle biopsy revealed extensive infiltration of the muscle with carcinoma cells. Case: A 68 year-old man presented with a large cavitary lesion with thickened wall in the left hilus on radiogrraphy and CT scan. The diagnosis of the lung cancer was made by bronchoalveolar lavage. The radiograph did not Show any soft tissue mass, except periosteal reaction. MRI showed a tumoral mass in the right quadriceps muscle with signal intensity slightly lower on T1-weighted and higher in T2-weighted images than surrounding muscle tissue.Needle biopsy revealed metastatic squamous cell carcinoma. The patient died six month later. Conclusion: MRI is more useful technique than the other methods for determination of the localization, the relationship of the surrounding tissues and the manifestations of metastatic masses on the skeletal muscle due to malign tumor of the lung.

Abdominal actinomycosis is a rare infectious disease caused by an anaerobic bacterium actinomyces israeli. Pelvic actinomycosis is generally associated with the use of intrauterin devices (IUD). This chronic suppurative infection can mimic pelvic malignancy. The diagnosis of the disease is frequently miss preoperatively. The surgeons must be aware of this rare complication in order to avoid an extensive surgical procedure. Case: We present the case of a 31 year old premenoposal woman with an abdominal pain and a history of IUD us efor 6 years. On physical examination the patient had tenderness on right lower abdomen and a palpable cystic mass 8x10 cm in size on pelvic bimanual examination. A preoperative transvaginal USG showed a 9x9 cm cystic mass originated from right ovary. The patient was taken to the emergency operating suite with the diagnosis of torsion of the right cystic ovary by gynaecologist. During the exploratory laparotomy we observed an extensive diffusely infiltrating process involving right adnexa, sigmoid colon sacrum and right pelvic Wall. A loop of jejunum was adherent to this infiltrating process and a mass 5x6 cm in size was palpated in sigmoid colon. These findings were highly suggestive of a colonic carcinoma and the patient was consulted with a general surgeon intraoperatively. Right salpingo -ooferectomy + sigmoid resection + segmental jejunal resection was performed. Pathologic findings showed chronic inflammatory tissue with evidence of actinomycosis. Conclusion: The case described here underlines that surgeons must be aware of this unusual infectious disease in the differential diagnosis of pelvic mass.

Hydatid cyst is a parasitic infestation caused by Echinococcus granülosus. In this study we present a pulmonary hydatid cyst case that has radiological and bronchoscopic view like a malign mass. A 17 year-old male patient. He has cough, sputum and hemoptysis complaints. He has 10 kg weight loss in last two mounths. Thorax computed tomography showed a consolide lesion in the the right upper lobe. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy was performed in this case. There was an endobronchial hump lesion covered with necrotic tissue, in the right upper lobe anterior segment. The result of bronchoscopic biopsy was reported as ‘hydatid cyst’. We found a cystic lesion at the left liver lobe in abdominal ultsonography. Patient transferred for operation at thoracic surgery department. Hydatid cyst was rejected by operation. Hydatid cyst is usually located in the lower lobes of the lungs. Although cyst has classic radiologic, bronchoscopic findings, we should think hydatid cyst in different radiological and bronchoscopic findings too.