Successful eradication of a large orbital hydatid cyst without rupture using fronto-orbitozygomatic approach, the first case reported from Syria

Majd Abouassi; Mohammad Aloulou; Nouran Hawa; Tayf Toutounji; Safwan Alyousef

doi:10.1093/jscr/rjaa357

Successful eradication of a large orbital hydatid cyst without rupture using fronto-orbitozygomatic approach, the first case reported from Syria

J Surg Case Rep. 2020 Oct 24;2020(10):rjaa357. doi: 10.1093/jscr/rjaa357. eCollection 2020 Oct.

Authors

Majd Abouassi¹, Mohammad Aloulou², Nouran Hawa², Tayf Toutounji³, Safwan Alyousef⁴

Affiliations

¹ Faculty of Medicine, University of Damascus, Damascus, Syria.
² Faculty of Medicine, University of Aleppo, Aleppo, Syria.
³ Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck surgery, Aleppo University Hospital, Aleppo, Syria.
⁴ Department of Neurosurgery, Al Mouwasat University Hospital, Damascus, Syria.

Abstract

Hydatid disease is a parasitic infection resulted by Echinococcus granulosus in the larval stage and is most prevalent in the Middle East, India, Africa, South America, New Zealand, Australia, Turkey and Southern Europe. However, orbital hydatid cysts are rare and represent a challenge to the surgeon to eradicate the cyst without rupture. Here, we report a case of a relatively large primary intraconal orbital cyst in a 21-year-old woman. We managed to eradicate the cyst without any complication using fronto-orbitozygomatic approach, and the patient remained disease free after the 3 months of follow-up.

Publication types

Case Reports