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Unusual location of hydatid cyst: soft tissue mass in the neck

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Hydatid disease is a parasitic infestation caused by the larval form of the cestode worm Echinococcus. The most commonly encountered form of the disease is visceral hydatid cyst caused by Echinococcus granulosus or dog tapeworm. We hereby represent an unusual case of hydatid disease located in the neck region in a 22-year-old female patient.

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  1. Department of General Surgery, Ankara Oncology Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    Alper Celik, Suat Kutun, Sabahattin Aslan & Abdullah Cetin

  2. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ankara Oncology Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    Mehmet Turanli & Ela Comert

  3. Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Ankara Numune Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    Tuncay Delibasi

  4. Department of Internal Medicine, Ankara Oncology Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

    Nurdan Mengi

  5. Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University Institute of Oncology, Sihhiye, Ankara, 06100, Turkey

    Kadri Altundag

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Celik, A., Turanli, M., Kutun, S. et al. Unusual location of hydatid cyst: soft tissue mass in the neck. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 263, 1147–1150 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-006-0122-y

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