The Authors report a case of peritoneal echinococcal cyst and discuss the pathogenetic and clinical aspects as well as the diagnostic and therapeutic approaches of such a particular localization. They underline the need of a radical surgical treatment in order to definitively eliminate the parasite and the disease.
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