Mardassi A, Mathlouthi N, Mbarek H, Halouani C, Mezri S, Zgolli C, Chebbi G, Mhamed RB, Akkari K, Benzarti S. Infrathyroidian hydatid cyst: Diagnostic difficulties and therapeutic management, a case report. World J Otorhinolaryngol 2015; 5(2): 78-81 [DOI: 10.5319/wjo.v5.i2.78]
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Dr. Ali Mardassi, MD, Ear Nose and Throat Department of the Military Hospital, 1008 Tunis, Tunisia. alimardassi@gmail.com
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Otorhinolaryngology
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Case Report
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Ali Mardassi, Nabil Mathlouthi, Hajer Mbarek, Chiraz Halouani, Sameh Mezri, Cyrine Zgolli, Ghassen Chebbi, Rania Ben Mhamed, Khemaies Akkari, Sonia Benzarti, Ear Nose and Throat Department of the Military Hospital, Tunis 1008, Tunisia
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Ethics approval: The case report was approved by the medical committee of ethics of the military hospital Tunis, Tunisia.
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Conflict-of-interest: Nothing to declare.
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Correspondence to: Dr. Ali Mardassi, MD, Ear Nose and Throat Department of the Military Hospital, 1008 Tunis, Tunisia. alimardassi@gmail.com
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Received: September 27, 2014 Peer-review started: September 28, 2014 First decision: December 17, 2014 Revised: December 28, 2014 Accepted: February 9, 2015 Article in press: February 11, 2015 Published online: May 28, 2015 Processing time: 236 Days and 10 Hours
Abstract
Hydatidosis is a cosmopolitan anthropozoonose common to humans and many mammals. The cervical localization is rare even in endemic countries. We report a case of cervical hydatidosis located in the infra-thyroidian region. The diagnosis was suspected on clinical and radiological examinations (Ultrasonography, computed tomography-scan). The surgical removal of the cyst was difficult because of the inflammatory tissue around the mass. The confirmation of the diagnosis was obtained by the histopathological examination. During the follow-up, a local recurrence of the disease was diagnosed after 9 mo treated successfully by surgery.
Core tip: Cervical hydatidosis is a rare clinical form of the anthropozoonose. The clinical presentation is nonspecific and may be diagnosed only after locoregional complications which can be life-threatening. This paper describes and discusses the clinical and therapeutic features of this disease. Imaging allows an adequate characterization of the mass and helps to planify the surgical approach. The prognosis is generally good provided regular and careful follow-up.
