Primary Subcutaneous Hydatid Cyst of the Face: A Rare Entity with Emphasis on Radiological Evaluation

Abstract

Despite being an extremely common disease worldwide, especially in the temperate areas, hydatid disease continues to startle by varying presentations. The current study presented a case of primary hydatid in the subcutaneous region of face of a young patient accurately diagnosed preoperatively by the characteristic of imaging findings on ultrasonography (USG) and comouted tomography (CT) and confirmed on surgery. Although it was a rare site of presentation, the radiological features were essentially the same as elsewhere in the body and could help to make correct decision to manage the patient.

Hydatid Disease: A Radiological Pictorial Review of a Great Neoplasms Mimicker

“…They have been reported in the uterus as a cystic mass leading to subtotal hysterectomy and confirmed by microscopic examination [ 58 ], in the ovary mimicking a pelvic mass [ 59 ], in the posterior triangle of the neck presented with a slow-growing painless mass for three years and diagnosed by fine-needle aspiration cytology [ 60 ]. Hydatid cysts also have been reported over the plantar surface of the foot and diagnosed intraoperatively by the typical appearance of a hydatid cyst [ 61 ], and even in the subcutaneous tissue of the face of a child, where the CT clinched the diagnosis [ 62 ].…”