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Abstract
Hydatid disease of the spleen is a rare condition. The standard treatment is open total or partial splenectomy. Recently hand assisted laparoscopic total splenectomy for splenic hydatid cyst has been reported. A case is described of splenic hydatid cyst in a 45 year old man that was excised laparoscopically; the related literature is reviewed.Entities:
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Year: 2001 PMID: 11222831 PMCID: PMC1741945 DOI: 10.1136/pmj.77.905.195
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Postgrad Med J ISSN: 0032-5473 Impact factor: 2.401