SPLENIC HYDATID CYST: REPORT OF 2 CASES
Boris Adéyèmi*, Rita Oze, Nazik Allali, Latifa Chat, N. Mrani Alaoui and Siham El Haddad
ABSTRACT
Hydatidosis is a cosmopolitan antropozoonosis caused by the development in humans of the larval form of Echinococcus granulosus. It is a parasitic infection constituting a public health problem in the countries of the Mediterranean basin, particularly in Morocco, where it is endemic. The most frequent locations described in the literature are hepatic and pulmonary. The splenic location comes in 3rd position and represents 4% of the intra-abdominal locations of hydatidosis. We report two cases of hydatid splenic cysts treated at the Children's Hospital of Rabat in Morocco.
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