Hydatid cyst of the pancreas: Report of an undiagnosed case of pancreatic hydatid cyst and brief literature review

Table 1 Summary of demographic and clinic characteristics patients (n = 57) with pancreatic hydatid cyst published in the medical literature between January 2000 and April 2014

Ref.	Year	Country	Language	Paper type	Case count	Age (yr)	Sex	Complaint/examination findings	Cyst location	Cyst size (mm)	Serology
Trigui et al[4]	2013	Tunisia	English	Article	12	21	F	Epigastric mass + epigastric pain	Tail	NS	NS
						13	M	Epigastric pain + RUQ pain	Tail + Body	NS	NS
						15	M	Jaundice + RUQ pain	Head	NS	NS
						26	M	Epigastric pain	Head	NS	NS
						50	F	Epigastric pain	Head	NS	NS
						37	F	Jaundice + RUQ pain	Head	25	Negative
						8	M	Jaundice + RUQ pain	Head	83 × 76	Positive
						26	F	Pancreatitis + epigastric pain	TaİL + body	40	Positive
						61	F	Epigastric pain	Tail	NS	Positive
						11	F	Jaundice + RUQ pain	Head	NS	Negative
						16	F	Epigastric pain	Body	NS	Positive
						11	F	Jaundice + epigastric mass + RUQ pain	Head	50	NS
Yarlagadda et al[5]	2013	India	English	Case Report	1	43	M	Epigastric mass	Tail	180 × 170	NS
Patil et al[6]	2013	India	English	Case Report	1	47	M	Epigastric mass	Tail + Body	100 × 80	Positive
Kaushik et al[7]	2013	India	English	Case Report	1	18	F	LUQ pain	Tail	65 × 63	NS
Baghbanian et al[8]	2013	Iran	English	Case Report	1	46	M	Epigastric pain + fever	Tail	60 × 50	NS
Gundes et al[9]	2013	Turkey	Turkish	Case Report	2	24	F	Back pain	NS	70	NS
						50	F	Abdominal pain	Head	50	NS
Mandelia et al[10]	2012	India	English	Case Report	1	6	M	Jaundice + fever + epigastric mass	Head	54 × 41	Not-done
Kushwaha et al[11]	2012	India	English	Case Report	1	40	M	Epigastric mass + epigastric pain	Tail + Body	NS	Positive
Makni et al[12]	2012	Tunisia	English	Review	1	38	M	Abdominal pain + vomiting + nausea	Tail + Body	100 × 90	Positive
Karaman et al[13]	2012	Turkey	English	Case Report	1	32	M	Epigastric pain	Neck	55 × 45	Positive
Rayate et al[14]	2012	India	English	Case Report	1	30	F	Abdominal pain	Tail	62 × 57	Positive
Suryawanshi et al[15]	2011	India	English	Case Report	1	20	M	Epigastric mass + epigastric pain	Head	80 × 80	NS
Varshney et al[16]	2011	India	English	Case Report	1	35	M	Abdominal pain + vomiting + nausea	Tail	NS	Positive
Somani et al[17]	2011	India	English	Case Report	1	30	F	Epigastric mass + epigastric pain	Head	NS	NS
Masoodi et al[18]	2011	India	English	Case Report	1	45	M	LUQ mass	Tail	70 × 60	Positive
Makni et al[19]	2011	Tunisia	English	Case Report	1	30	F	Epigastric mass + discomfort	Body	80	Positive
Bhat et al[20]	2011	India	English	Case Report	1	4	F	Jaundice + epigastric mass	Head + Body	150 × 100	Negative
Cankorkmaz et al[21]	2011	Turkey	English	Case Report	1	7	F	Epigastric mass + weight loss	Tail + Body	70 × 60	Negative
Dalal et al[22]	2011	India	English	Case Report	1	48	M	Epigastric fullness + fever	Tail	80 × 50	Not-done
Agrawal et al[23]	2011	India	English	Case Report	1	5	F	Jaundice + abdominal pain	Head	120 × 100	NS
Küçükkartallar et al[24]	2011	Turkey	Turkish	Case Report	1	48	F	Abdominal pain	Head	28 × 25	Negative
Tavusbay et al[25]	2011	Turkey	English	Case Report	1	50	M	Abdominal mass	NS	NS	Positive
Derbel et al[26]	2010	Tunisia	English	Article	7	25	F	LUQ mass + LUQ pain	Tail	60	Negative
						19	F	Epigastric mass + RUQ pain	Tail	70	Negative
						32	F	Epigastric pain	Tail + body (two cyst)	150	Positive
						41	M	LUQ mass + LUQ pain + fever	NS	150	Negative
						38	M	Jaundice + epigastric pain	Head	50	Negative
						29	M	Jaundice + epigastric mass	Head	60	Negative
						25	F	LUQ pain + vomiting	Tail + Body	90	Positive
Bansal et al[27]	2010	India	English	Case Report	1	30	F	Jaundice + epigastric mass	Head	80 × 60	Not-done
Boubbou et al[28]	2010	Morocco	English	Case Report	1	38	M	Jaundice + epigastric pain	Head	NS	NS
Shah et al[29]	2010	India	English	Article	6	46	M	Epigastric pain	Tail	28	Positive
						37	F	Epigastric mass + vomiting	Body	26	Positive
						18	M	Dyspepsia	Body	33	Positive
						22	F	Epigastric pain	Tail	48	Negative
						28	M	Jaundice	Head	50	Positive
						68	M	Jaundice	Head	35	Negative
Karakas et al[30]	2010	Turkey	English	Letter	1	18	M	Abdominal pain + fever	Body	70 × 45	Negative
Diop et al[31]	2010	France	English	Case Report	1	29	M	Acute pancreatitis	Tail	35 × 25	Positive
Szanto et al[32]	2010	Romania	English	Case Report	1	49	F	Epigastric pain + bloating + vomiting	Tail	NS	NS
Cağlayan et al[33]	2010	Turkey	English	Article	1	70	M	NS	NS	NS	Positive
Orug et al[34]	2010	Turkey	English	Case Report	2	26	M	Abdominal pain + fatique + vomiting	Tail	115 × 95	NS
						57	F	Epigastric pain + weight loss	Tail	45 × 35	NS
Chammakhi-Jemli et al[35]	2010	Tunisia	French	Case Report	1	32	F	Acute pancreatitis + epigastric mass	Tail	80	Negative
Elmadi et al[36]	2010	Morocco	French	Case Report	1	7	M	Jaundice + fever + RUQ pain	Head	NS	Negative

RUQ: Right upper quadrant; LUQ: Left upper quadrant; NS: Not-stated.