Hydatid Disease of the Female Genital Viscera—A Report of 3 Cases

EDITORIAL COMMENT: We accepted this paper for publication because although hydatid disease is rare it may, as these cases illustrate, present to the gynaecologist simulating a benign or malignant ovarian tumour. Hydatid disease is now rare in Australia even in specialist hepatobiliary units in major centres. At the Westmead Hospital, Sydney, 39 cases (all hepatic—23 males, 16 females) were seen in the 7 years, 1980–1986 (1), and at the Repatriation General Hospital, Melbourne, 23 cases (all hepatic—no pulmonary), were seen in the 10 years, 1977–1987 (Dr Avni Sali, personal communication).