Abstract

 

Hydatid disease, the parasitic infestation caused by the cestode, Echinococcus granulosus involves mainly the liver and the lungs.  Other locations of the infestation are rare. Here in this paper we reported an 18 years old young man with simultaneous liver, pulmonary, anterior abdominal wall and thyroid hydatid cyst. The patient applied with swelling of thyroid gland exceeding for the last two years and dysphagia for a year. The ultrasound and computed tomography of the thyroid gland revealed two cystic masses with 35 mm in diameter in the left lobe and 30 mm in diameter in the isthmus of the gland, consisting with hydatid cysts.  He had also concomitant hydatid cysts of the liver, anterior abdominal wall and left lung. Patient underwent surgery and hemi-thyroidectomy with isthmusectomy, and total excision for anterior abdominal wall cyst was carried out.  Histopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of hydatid cyst.

 

Key Words: Hydatid cyst, Thyroid, Abdominal wall, Liver, Lung