Tezcaner, TuganEkici, YahyaAydin, Onur HuseyinBarit, GoncaMoray, Gokhan2019-06-132019-06-1320170972-9941http://www.journalofmas.com/article.asp?issn=0972-9941;year=2017;volume=13;issue=2;spage=148;epage=150;aulast=Tezcanerhttp://hdl.handle.net/11727/3509Pancreatic hydatid cysts are fairly rare. The disease can be encountered concurrently with systemic involvement or as an isolated pancreatic involvement. We report the first case of spleen-preserving laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy for a pancreatic hydatid cyst. There was no complication or recurrence. A 55-year-old woman was admitted to our centre with epigastric and back pain. Upper abdominal magnetic resonance imaging revealed a solitary cystic lesion with septations at the pancreatic tail level measuring 24 mm x 18 mm, which was initially thought to be a pancreatic mucinous cystic neoplasia. She underwent laparoscopic spleen-preserving distal pancreatectomy and cholecystectomy. Her post-operative course was uneventful and histopathological examination revealed a hydatid cyst in the pancreatic tail.enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessEchinococcus granulosusMinimal invasive surgeryParasitic pancreatic cystarticle1321481500003986771000142-s2.0-85015958894