The larval form of Echinococcus granulosus is the most common causative organism of hydatid disease. The most common sites of hydatidosis are liver and lungs. We present a rare case of a primary hydatid cyst of the spleen that was detected incidentally. Splenectomy was the procedure advocated.
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