Abstract
The extensive involvement of the liver due to hydatid cyst and it’s
invasion to the portal vein and resulted portal vein thrombosis are rare
complications of hydatid cyst. The diagnosis and treatment of hydatid
liver cyst and its rare complication such as thrombosis in infected
patients should be critically considered.
Keywords: Hydatid cyst, Echinococcus , Thrombosis,
Hepatomegaly.