Echinococcosis with the image of peritoneal carcinomatosis.

OBJECTIVE

Describe the case of echinococcal disease in gynecological practice and point out the complications of its diagnosis.

DESIGN

Case report.

SETTING

Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Faculty Hospital Trenčín, Slovakia.

CASE REPORT: The case is presented in an immunosuppressed patient with peritoneal carcinomatosis, mild Ca 125 elevation and increased CRP presenting as a finding of gynecological etiology with histopathological outcome and conclusion of parasitic disease - echinococcosis (hydatidosis).

CONCLUSION

In the differential diagnosis of peritoneal carcinomatosis and ascites, especially in immunosuppressed patients with a positive social (or epidemiological) history, the possibility of rare parasitic diseases such as echinococcosis, which resembles malignant tumors, should be considered.