Combined resection of the liver and the inferior vena cava for hydatid disease

J Gastrointest Surg. 2007 Dec;11(12):1741-3. doi: 10.1007/s11605-007-0292-y.

Abstract

Hydatid disease can result in cystic liver disease. If a conservative treatment fails, these cysts require resection. Involvement of the inferior vena cava requiring resection for hydatid disease is unusual. We present a case of hydatid disease with complete caval obstruction and resultant portal hypertension that required combined liver resection and inferior vena cava replacement.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation*
  • Decompression, Surgical
  • Echinococcosis, Hepatic / surgery*
  • Hepatectomy
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Portal / etiology
  • Male
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / parasitology
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / surgery*