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Primary hydatid cyst of the small intestine masquerading as intestinal duplication in a child


Sameh Tlili
Youssef Hellal
Rabia Ben Abdallah
Aida Daib
Malek Boughdir
Fatma Trabelsi
Shanaz Abid
Khaoula Ben Hassine
Wafa Koubaa
Youssef Gharbi
Nejib Kaabar

Abstract

Hydatid disease or hydatidosis is a worldwide zoonosis disease caused by the tapeworm of Echinococcus granulosus and still widely endemic in Tunisia especially in rural areas where the sheep-dog cycle is dominant. It is an important public health problem in the pediatric age group causing significant morbidity and mortality. We report a case of primary hydatid cyst of the small intestine in a child and we want to highlight the difficulty that we meet in the diagnosis despite the contribution of imaging.


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