Hydatid cyst

摘要

A 42-year-old Portuguese man was referred to our institution for investigation of a mixed cystic and solid liver tumor demonstrated with ultrasonography performed for abdominal pain. The patient used to live in France, but often goes back to his country of origin. Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging demonstrated a 15 cm ovoid shaped cyst within the right lobe of the liver containing a central portion of intermediate signal intensity and peripheral T1 hypointense and T2 hyperintense small cysts (Fig. 1a). These findings were considered typical of hydatid cyst with a central hydatid matrix and multiple peripheral daughter vesicles, demonstrating a "wheel spoke" pattern [1].