Hepatic hydatid cyst
Updates to Case Attributes
A forty seven years oldfifty year old male was referred for evaluation of large mass in liver.
MRI showed a 24 x 17 x 18 cm multi-vesicular cyst occupying the entire right lobe of liver. Daughter cysts of varying sizes were seen predominantly in the periphery of the giant mother cyst. The collapsed membranes were seen floating within the hydatid sand.
Features are those of hydatid disease of the liver.
-<p>A forty seven years old male was referred for evaluation of  large mass in liver.</p><p>MRI showed a  24 x 17 x 18 cm multi-vesicular cyst occupying the entire right lobe of liver. Daughter cysts of varying sizes were seen predominantly in the periphery of the  giant mother cyst. The collapsed membranes were seen floating within the hydatid sand. </p><p>Features are those of <a href="/articles/hepatic-hydatid-infection" title="Hepatic hydatid cyst">hydatid disease of the liver</a>. </p>- +<p>A fifty year old male was referred for evaluation of large mass in liver.</p><p>MRI showed a 24 x 17 x 18 cm multi-vesicular cyst occupying the entire right lobe of liver. Daughter cysts of varying sizes were seen predominantly in the periphery of the giant mother cyst. The collapsed membranes were seen floating within the hydatid sand.</p><p>Features are those of <a href="/articles/hepatic-hydatid-infection">hydatid disease of the liver</a>. </p>
Updates to Study Attributes
MRI showed a 24 x 17 x 18 cm multi-vesicular cyst occupying the entire right lobe of liver. Daughter cysts of varying sizes were seen predominantly in the periphery of the giant mother cyst. The collapsed membranes were seen floating within the hydatid sand.