The role of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of small echinococcal cyst of the spleen to children – considerations related to a case

Introduction: Spleen is the third most common location of hydatid disease after liver and lung. Symptom presentation is varied and nonspecific. Aim: We porpose to present the role of ultrasonography in tracking small cystic echinococcosis of the spleen to children. Matherial and method: We present a ten years old boy admitted in our hospital with the souspicion of urinal infection, presenting abdominal colicative pain with fever and vomiting. Paraclinical method marks out: uroculture with E coli., the abdominal ultrasonography markes out spleenomegaly and in the middle one aproximately a 9mm fluid-filled mass wi…