Akbulut S. Incidentally detected hydatid cyst of the adrenal gland: A case report. World J Clinical Cases 2016; 4(9): 269-272 [PMID: 27672642 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v4.i9.269]
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Sami Akbulut, FICS, FACS, Assosiate Professor, Department of Surgery and Liver Transplant Institute, Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Elazig Yolu 15. Km, 44280 Malatya, Turkey. akbulutsami@gmail.com
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Surgery
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World J Clinical Cases. Sep 16, 2016; 4(9): 269-272 Published online Sep 16, 2016. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v4.i9.269
Incidentally detected hydatid cyst of the adrenal gland: A case report
Sami Akbulut
Sami Akbulut, Department of Surgery and Liver Transplant Institute, Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, 44280 Malatya, Turkey
Author contributions: Akbulut S contributed to concept and design of this case report.
Institutional review board statement: This case report was exempt from the Institutional Review Board standards at Diyarbakir Education and Research Hospital, Diyarbakir, Turkey.
Informed consent statement: The patient involved in this study gave his informed written consent prior to study enrollment, authorizing the use and disclosure of his protected health information.
Conflict-of-interest statement: The author declares no potential conflict of interest.
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: Sami Akbulut, FICS, FACS, Assosiate Professor, Department of Surgery and Liver Transplant Institute, Inonu University Faculty of Medicine, Turgut Ozal Medical Center, Elazig Yolu 15. Km, 44280 Malatya, Turkey. akbulutsami@gmail.com
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Received: February 26, 2016 Peer-review started: February 26, 2016 First decision: April 15, 2016 Revised: May 17, 2016 Accepted: June 27, 2016 Article in press: June 29, 2016 Published online: September 16, 2016 Processing time: 194 Days and 8.8 Hours
Abstract
Hydatid cysts are a zoonotic disease that can involve many organs and tissues in the human body but primarily involve the liver and lungs. Of the main organs, adrenal glands are those seldom affected by hydatid cysts. The purpose of this study was to present a case with an incidentally detected hydatid cyst of the right adrenal gland on computed tomography, and a positive echincoccus IgG enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test on top of a toxic multinodular thyroid goiter for which thyroidectomy was indicated.
Core tip: With an incidence of about 0.5%, Adrenal hydatid cyst disease is rarely seen, even in geographical areas where the disease is endemic, commonly occurring in the body as part of disseminated hydatid disease. Herein, we present an incidentally detected case of hydatid cyst in the right adrenal gland in a patient with hyperthyroidism secondary to toxic multinodular goiter.
