HYDATID CYST OF THE LIVER RUPTURING INTO THE BILE DUCTS: A CASE REPORT DESCRIBING A CHARACTERISTIC TRIAD OF SYMPTOMS
Authors: W ANTINE, S P ROTHENBERG
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1959)

Case Reports1 May 1959HYDATID CYST OF THE LIVER RUPTURING INTO THE BILE DUCTS: A CASE REPORT DESCRIBING A CHARACTERISTIC TRIAD OF SYMPTOMSWILLIAM ANTINE, M.D., SHELDON P. ROTHENBERG, M.D.WILLIAM ANTINE, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, SHELDON P. ROTHENBERG, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-50-5-1277 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAlthough hydatid disease is frequently encountered in Central Europe, Australia, South America and North and South Africa, where sheep, horse and cattle-raising represents an important segment of industry, its occurrence in the United States is comparatively rare. Bockus1states that in the slightly more than 500 cases reported as having occurred in this country, 95% have been in persons born in foreign lands, mainly in immigrants from Mediterranean countries. Since the publication of Bockus' work in 1946 there has been an easing of restriction on immigration, and with the increased use of airplane travel it is not unreasonable to suppose...Bibliography1. Bockus HL: Gastro-enterology, Vol. 3, 1946, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia. Google Scholar2. Dew HR: Hydatid disease: its pathology, diagnosis and treatment, 1928, Australasia Medical Publishing Co., Ltd., New South Wales, Australia. Google Scholar3. PooreMarvinWalters INCPW: Echinococcal cysts obstructing the common bile duct: report of a case, Arch. Surg. 59: 1001-1006 (Nov.) 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Wilensky AO: Case of obstruction of common bile duct by passage of echinococcus daugher cyst, S. Clin. North America 14: 409-416 (Apr.) 1934. Google Scholar5. Deeds D: Hydatid disease: report of recent case, Proc. Staff Meet., Mayo Clin. 12: 409-413 (June 30) 1937. Google Scholar6. Gennaro JF: Echinococcus cyst of liver simulating stone in common bile duct, J. Internat. Coll. Surgeons 3: 342-350 (Aug.) 1940. Google Scholar7. AtlasKamenear DHH: Rupture of echinococcus cysts into the bile ducts simulating stones in the common duct, Am. J. Med. 13: 384-386 (Sept.) 1952. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar8. CraigFaust CFEC: Clinical parasitology, 5th Ed., 1951, Lea & Febiger, Philadelphia. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. Susman MP: Hydatid disease as it affects the thoracic surgeon, J. Thoracic Surg. 26: 111-130 (Aug.) 1953. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Brooklyn, N. Y.*Received for publication September 6, 1957.From the Department of Medical Services, Maimonides Hospital of Brooklyn, Brooklyn, N. Y.†Deceased.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Mrs. William Antine, 283 East Fifth Street, Brooklyn 18, N. Y. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe radiological appearances of hydatid disease of the liver 1 May 1959Volume 50, Issue 5Page: 1277-1282KeywordsBile ductsEchinococcosisEosinophiliaHepatitis virusesLaboratory testsLiverMedical servicesUrticaria ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1959 PDF downloadLoading ...