a case report of a patient with hydatid cyst in the liver and bile ducts

Background: humans are one of the hosts of this echinococcus granulosus (e. granulosus), contamination is caused by eating the eggs of this parasite. this study investigates a patient with a hydatid cyst in the liver and bile ducts referred to the velayat hospital, qazvin university of medical sciences, iran, in 2021.case report: the patient was a 74-year-old woman complained of abdominal pain and jaundice. computerized tomography (ct) scans and endosonography were performed. by endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ercp), hydatid membranes were removed.conclusion: endemic areas are the point of view of hydatid cyst. in patients with lower abdominal pain, hydatid cyst should be considered.