ABSTRACT

Hydatid disease most commonly affects the liver and lungs but no organ is immune. Splenic hydatid cyst is arare clinical entity. Although the patients are usually asymptomatic, the disease may present with secondary infection, adhesion to adjacent organs with fi stulisation or rupture into abdominal cavity. We present a 67 year old women with splenic hydatid cyst. Severe adhesions and tumorlike growth were found in the retroperitoneal region. To our knowledge, retroperitoneal invasion with a splenic hydatid cyst is a very rare clinical condition. Total splenectomy was performed without complication.

Keywords: Spleen, hydatid cyst, retroperitoneum