Hydatid disease is a zoonotic infection that is endemic in many parts of the world, mainly caused by the parasite Echinococcus granulosus, which primarily affects the liver and shows characteristic imaging features. However, hydatid disease is known to affect other organs, including spleen, kidney, lungs, heart, peritoneum, muscles, and brain. Laboratory serological findings and radiological features usually help establish the diagnosis of hydatid disease, however, hydatid cysts in unusual locations with atypical imaging features may complicate the differential diagnosis. Chest radiography (CXR), ultrasonography (USG), computed tomography (CT), and Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging help in the detection of the hydatid cysts in the liver and elsewhere as the imaging features of hydatid disease in extrahepatic locations frequently imitate features of hepatic hydatid disease. We propose various cases of hydatid disease with multiple locations.

Keywords:Hydatid; MRI; CT; Daughter Cysts; Gharbi