See Also: hydatid cyst(medicine)
unilocular hydatid cyst(medicine)
osseous hydatid cyst(medicine)
alveolar hydatid cyst(medicine)
multilocular hydatid cyst(medicine)
hydatid cyst of Morgagni(medicine)
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hydatid cyst (medicine)


hydatid cyst


A cyst formed in the liver, or, less frequently, elsewhere, by the larval stage of Echinococcus, chiefly in ruminants; two morphological forms caused by Echinococcus granulosus are found in humans: the unilocular hydatid cyst and the osseous hydatid cyst; a third form in humans is the alveolar hydatid cyst, caused by Echinococcus multilocularis.

Synonym: echinococcus cyst, hydatid.