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Hydatid Cyst Rupture After a Blunt Liver Trauma Presented with Diffuse Urticaria: An Unusual Case

  • Koray Bas
  • Fulya YilmazEmail author
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Abstract

We report an unusual case: a 37-year-old-female who was presented to the emergency department with acute generalized urticaria and underwent urgent laparotomy with provisional diagnosis of anaphylaxis secondary to hepatic hydatid cyst rupture due to abdominal trauma, which was diagnosed preoperatively on abdominal computed tomography scan.

Keywords

Anaphylaxis Hydatid cyst Trauma 
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Conflict of Interest

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of General SurgeryHealth Science University Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research HospitalİzmirTurkey
  2. 2.Department of Anaesthesiology and ReanimationHealth Science University Izmir Bozyaka Training and Research HospitalKarabağlar/İzmirTurkey

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