PMC2827429_01
Intraoperative view: Outer side of calcified hydatid cyst tightly attached to the liver.
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F1
Intra-operatively, a calcified primary hydatid cyst of the fundus and body of the gallbladder was found with its pericyst attached to the liver (Figure 1).
The outer side of the removed cyst together with the gallbladder and a small part of the liver.
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F2
On opening the gallbladder, a calcified hydatid cyst (dimensions 7 cm x 5 cm) was found, located in the body and fundus of the gallbladder (Figure 2).
The inner side of the cyst developed entirely extramucosally.
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F3
The cyst had reduced severely the lumen of the gallbladder and had grown entirely submucosally (Figure 3).
Histopathologic specimen.
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F4
The histopathology confirmed the presence of calcified hydatid cyst of the gallbladder (Figure 4).