Endoscopic removal of daughter Echinococcus cysts from the common bile duct.

A case report is presented of a patient in whom daughter cysts of Echinococcus granulosus were removed endoscopically from the common bile duct. We would like to suggest in this paper that in cases of operated hydatid disease of the liver with retained cysts in the common bile duct, endoscopic removal instead of surgery is possible; and in particular that anaphylactic reaction need not be expected as the cysts content is drained into the gut.