Echinococcosis with the image of peritoneal carcinomatosis
Authors:
Z. Gazurová; P. Kaščák
Authors‘ workplace:
Gynekologicko pôrodnická klinika, Fakultná nemocnica Trenčín, Slovensko, přednosta a primář MUDr. P. Kaščák, PhD.
Published in:
Ceska Gynekol 2020; 85(1): 35-40
Category:
Case Report
Overview
Objective: Describe the case of echinococcal disease in gynecological practice and point out the complications of its diagnosis.
Design: Case report.
Setting: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty Hospital Trenčín, Slovakia.
Case report: The case is presented in an immunosuppressed patient with peritoneal carcinomatosis, mild Ca 125 elevation and increased CRP presenting as a finding of gynecological etiology with histopathological outcome and conclusion of parasitic disease - echinococcosis (hydatidosis).
Conclusion: In the differential diagnosis of peritoneal carcinomatosis and ascites, especially in immunosuppressed patients with a positive social (or epidemiological) history, the possibility of rare parasitic diseases such as echinococcosis, which resembles malignant tumors, should be considered.
Keywords:
echinococcosis – Ascites – peritoneal carcinomatosis – Ca 125
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