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  • Title: [Perforation of hydatid cysts of the liver into the abdominal cavity].
    Author: Dedenko IK.
    Journal: Vestn Khir Im I I Grek; 1976 Apr; 116(4):42-4. PubMed ID: 960493.
    Abstract:
    Perforation of hydatid hepatic cysts in the abdominal cavity was observed in 35 of 231 patients (14.7%). In its typical course the following periods in the clinical picture may be distinguished: anaphylactic shock, a period of subsidence, peritonitis. Asymptomatic perforation can result in the development of "echinococcic pseudotuberculosis of the peritoneum" with a favourable course or dissemination of the peritoneum with subsequent development a progressive ascites, cachexy and anemia.
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