Geetanjali Medical College & Hospital, Udaipur’s Pediatric Surgeon Dr. Atul Mishra saved an 11 years old boy suffering from hydatid cyst in both lungs and liver. The teams of doctors accompanying Dr. Mishra included anesthetists Dr. Rajendra Jain, Paediatrician Dr. Hemant Jain, OT staff Dilip, and ward & ICU Doctors & Staff.

Dr. Atul Mishra said that Dungarpur resident Ashish Rawal (age 11 years) was suffering from chest & stomach pain, fever and loss of appetite. Later on admission in Geetanjali Hospital, X-Ray & CT Scan investigations confirmed the presence of cyst measuring 10×10 centimeters both in right lung and liver which required immediate surgery.

In a 4-hours surgery, the doctors removed the cyst in one attempt from lungs and liver. The key success of the surgery was that it was completed in one stage where an incision at the lung helped the doctors to remove both the cyst together. The patient is healthy and has recovered well. This has saved him from an open stomach surgery as the cyst of liver was also removed through the lung. The patient had been operated free of charge under the flagship scheme of Rajasthan Government’s Bhamashah Swasthya Bima Yojana (BSBY).

The health complications so occurred is termed as Hydatid Cyst which occurs due to a very small parasite called Echinococus Granulosus. Usually these parasites are found in cattle, dogs and swine. On contact with dirt, diseased cattle, infectious dogs or infectious half cooked food it develops in human also. These parasite slowly result in cyst where if proper medication or treatment is not involved could result in mortality, said the paediatric surgeon.

He also said that usually the operation of such cyst depends on its size as in how many stages it will be treated further. But in this patient, a single attempt helped the removal of cyst leading to betterment of the patient.

For more information please contact: Dr. Atul Mishra: 72969 87737