Mehmet Kadir Bartın1, Eyüp Murat Yılmaz1, Harun Arslan2, Arzu Esen Tekeli3, Semra Karataş3

1Clinic of General Surgery, Van Area Training and Research Hospital, Van, Turkey
2Clinic of Radiology, Van Area Training and Research Hospital, Van, Turkey
3Clinic of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Van Area Training and Research Hospital, Van, Turkey

Abstract

Hydatid disease is a significant infestation caused by the tapeworm Echinococcus granulosus. Primary hydatid disease of the head and neck without systemic involvement is quite rare in endemic regions.

Keywords: Hydatid cyst, thyroid gland, ultrasound


 

Peer Review

Externally peer-reviewed.

Author Contributions

Concept - E.M.Y.; Design - E.M.Y., H.A.; Supervision - M.K.B.; Funding - E.M.Y., A.E.T., S.K.; Materials - H.A., A.E.T.; Data Collection and/or Processing - H.A., M.K.B.; Analysis and/or Interpretation - E.M.Y., H.A., A.E.T.; Literature Review - E.M.Y., M.K.B., H.A.; Writer - E.M.Y.; Critical Review - A.E.T., S.K.

Conflict of Interest

No conflict of interest was declared by the authors.

Financial Disclosure

The authors declared that this study has received no financial support.