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Primary ovarian echinococcosis

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Introduction

The incidence of genital system hydatid disease in abdominal operation is 0.1%. During a period of 20 years (1957–1977), 12 cases were reported. This disease has no specific symptoms and findings. It is diagnosed intraoperatively.

Case report

We report a 50-year-old patient admitted to our hospital with the complaint of abdominal pain and swelling, operated because of her adnexal mass and diagnosed as primary ovarian hydatid disease (echinococcosis).

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  1. Department of Pathology, Zekai Tahir Burak Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    Sema Zergeroğlu

  2. Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

    Türkan Küçükalı

  3. Department of Gynecology, Zekai Tahir Burak Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    Önder Koç

  4. Uçarlı Sok. Yankı Apt. 53/17, Y. Ayrancı, Ankara, Turkey

    Sema Zergeroğlu

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Zergeroğlu, S., Küçükalı, T. & Koç, Ö. Primary ovarian echinococcosis. Arch Gynecol Obstet 270, 285–286 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00404-003-0503-z

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