Socio – Demographic study of Rupture Hydatid cyst .A clinical study on a sample of Iraqi patients in Al- Muthanna Governorate

Author(s): Adnan sahib Al farttoosi
Date: 08/10/2026
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8425890

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Abstract

Hydatid disease is a common disease in Iraq.  Ruptured hydatid cyst is also a common complication 
and fatal if missed  .This study was planned to find the socio – demographic – economic distribution, the 
most common way of clinical presentation and treatment of patients with this disease and to give idea 
about better diagnosis and line of treatment.   
This study has been carried on 25 patients admitted to Al Hussein Teaching Hospital in Al-Muthanna 
governorate over a period of 2 years Post operatively the patients were followed for one year. 

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