Hydatid cyst disease is very rare in pregnancy having an incidence of 1 in 20,000 pregnancies and there is no recommended standard treatment. Both surgical and medical modalities have been tried. Modalities that do not use ionizing radiation such as ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging should be preferred for diagnosis and evaluating acute conditions in a pregnant patient. In this article, a rare pelvic cyst hydatid case surrounding the uterus and MRI findings in a young pregnant patient who was coincidentally determined is represented.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6223230 | PMC |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.radcr.2018.09.020 | DOI Listing |
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