Volume 26, Issue 130, December 2022

Case presentation of axillary swelling as hydatid cyst

Mili A Jain¹, Chhavi Jain², Swarupa Chakole^3♦

¹Student, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India
²Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jeevan Dhara Hospital, Vidisha, Madhya Pradesh, India
³Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha, Maharashtra, India

^♦Corresponding author
Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Maharashtra, India

ABSTRACT

Hydatid disease is induced most commonly due to infestation of the parasitic organism, Echinococcus granulosus. Lack of personal and communal hygiene increases the chances of contracting this infection. Zoonotic organisms are typically seen in the liver; they occasionally move to the brain, lungs and kidneys; they are seldom found in muscle, eye, vagina, bone or heart. A 36-year-old male patient was shown predominantly with right axillary swelling for three months which was painless and gradually progressive in nature. On investigations by ultrasonography (USG) and fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC), it was diagnosed as a case of a hydatid cyst of muscle. The infection was treated with the administration of antiparasitic therapy combined with total cystectomy and instilled scolicidal agents with follow-up monitoring with the surgeons.

Keywords: Total cystectomy, albendazole, axillary swelling, hydatid cyst

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms523e2567

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i130/ms523e2567

Published: 11 December 2022